G20 Trade Ministerial addresses global trade tensions, fails to reach consensus on forced labor

The G20 Trade Ministerial meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, focused on critical issues impacting the global trading system, including industrial overcapacity, forced labor in global supply chains, food trade, and the Most-Favored-Nation principle. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer advocated for G20 economies to tackle industrial overcapacity and defended the Trump administration's tariff-driven trade strategy. However, a consensus was not achieved on a statement regarding forced labor, as some G20 member countries were unwilling to commit to prohibiting the import of goods produced with forced labor.