The trade and investment ministers of the G20 countries adopted a joint ‘outcome document’ at the end of their meeting in Jaipur, India, on 24 and 25 August. They reiterate their commitment to values-based trade and the importance of encouraging this.
Of the 17 pages of the document, the paragraph mentioning the war in Ukraine was the only area “where we couldn’t get a consensus for obvious reasons”, said Indian commerce minister Piyush Goyal, who chaired the session. Most...