The UK hosted the first meeting of G7 Trade Ministers by videoconference, chaired by UK Trade Minister Liz Truss. EU Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis and the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, also joined the meeting.
Participants committed to working together to reform the global trading system, to support free and fair trade.
For Mr Dombrovskis, the key message for his G7 interlocutors was: “Free, fair and inclusive trade is...