G20 trade and investment ministerial meeting to begin in Jaipur from 24 August
New Delhi: The G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting will be held in Jaipur on 24-25 August. The meeting will be preceded by the fourth and last Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) meeting under India’s G20 Presidency on 21-22 August, the ministry of commerce & industry said.
The first three working group meetings were held in Mumbai, Bangalore and Kevadia, respectively. Both the meetings will be attended by more than 300 delegates, including trade ministers/secretaries and heads of delegations from G20 member countries, invitee countries, regional groupings and international organisations.
The deliberations will focus on building consensus on global trade and investment-related issues, along with accomplishing action-oriented proposals put forward by the Indian Presidency. During the first and second working group meetings, five priority issues: Trade for Growth and Prosperity, Resilient Trade and Global Value Chains GVCs, Integrating Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises MSMEs in World Trade, Logistics for Trade and World Trade Organisation WTO Reforms were extensively discussed among the G20 member/invitee countries.
In addition, knowledge partners made presentations during these meetings, outlining each of the subjects and outcomes emerging from them. Based on the opinions/suggestions expressed by the G20 member/invite countries in these discussions, Indian presidency has formulated action-oriented concrete proposals on each of the priority issues reflected in the ministerial statement and its annexures.
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