Trade serves people, the planet, and global prosperity, according to the three pillars defined as the slogan of the G20 2021 summit - "People, planet, prosperity".
The commitment to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade and investment and to pursue a policy of "better building" sustainable, comprehensive, and tolerable recovery goes hand in hand with the need to strengthen rules, a non-discriminatory and transparent multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization.
The G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Investment aims to be the driving force for the successful outcome of the 12th World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference to be held in Geneva from 30 November to 3 December 2021, which will be a key moment in the revitalization of multilateral trade relations.
The meeting is scheduled with 3 sessions and will cover six key topics. Regarding the link between trade and health, the pandemic stressed the importance of ensuring the sustainability of global medical and pharmaceutical supply chains. The G20 will discuss improving the ability of the trading system to respond to health emergencies through existing WTO initiatives.
The debate on services and investment will focus on promoting digital commerce, reducing the cost of trade in services, and adopting a transparent, predictable, and effective regulatory and administrative framework for investment purposes.
The focus will also be on supporting participation in world trade, taking into account current and future challenges, including the priority green and digital transition.
The G20 will also discuss the transparency of government support interventions in the economy to understand their complex impact on world markets, while the opportunity costs of limited public resources needed to address short-term and long-term challenges are high.
The Sorrento Ministerial Declaration will reflect these priorities, discussed during the meeting and signed in a joint document at the end of the summit.
Authors:
• Mikola Volkovsky political scientist-international, president of the international fund "PIERWSZA MIĘDZYNARODOWA FUNDACJA NA RZECZ ROZWOJU UKRAINY"
• Artem Olyynyk, political scientist, assistant-researcher of the Academy of Political Sciences of Ukraine.
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