G7

• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Economic Coercion / Enhancing Supply Chain Resiliency” (Session 4) and “Closing Session” (October 29, 2023)
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Free and Fair Trade – Towards MC13” (Session 2) and “Level Playing Field” (Session 3) (October 29, 2023)
• Extraordinary Press Conference by Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko (October 28, 2023, 9:30 p.m.)
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Welcome Reception” and “Trade and Sustainability - Environment, Development, and Digital - including Prospects for MC13” (Session 1) (October 28, 2023)
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Opening Session” and “Outreach Session for Enhancing Supply Chain Resiliency” (October 28, 2023)
• Foreign Minister Kamikawa’s Visit to Osaka-Sakai (October 27, 2023)
• Foreign Minister HAYASHI’s Attendance at the First G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (April 4, 2023)
• Decision on the Dates of the 2023 G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (November 29, 2022)

• Chair's Press Conference (Japanese) (YouTube metichannel)
• Chair's Press Conference (English) (YouTube metichannel)

• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Opening Session” and “Outreach Session for Enhancing Supply Chain Resiliency”
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Welcome Reception” and “Trade and Sustainability - Environment, Development, and Digital - including Prospects for MC13” (Session 1)
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Free and Fair Trade – Towards MC13” (Session 2) and “Level Playing Field” (Session 3)
• G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Osaka-Sakai “Economic Coercion / Enhancing Supply Chain Resiliency” (Session 4) and “Closing Session”

As the outcome for aforementioned sessions, Ministerial Statement (PDF) was adopted.

• Japan-EU High-level Economic Dialogue
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development of Canada
• Working Lunch between Ms. KAMIKAWA Yoko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Dr. Ngozi OKONJO-IWEALA, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and OECD Secretary-General Cormann
• Meeting between Foreign Minister Kamikawa and The Honorable Ambassador Tai, United States Trade Representative
• The Second Meeting of the Japan-UK CEPA Joint Committee

The G7 Trade Ministers' Meeting is one of the ministerial meetings held in conjunction with the G7 Summit. Amid the changing environment surrounding trade, the G7 Trade Ministers will closely discuss towards sustainable growth of the global economy.

In 2021, under the British chairmanship, the first Trade Ministers’ Meeting was held in the G7 process. Followed by three meetings, including online meetings, under the British chairmanship in 2021, two meetings were held under the German chairmanship in 2022. In previous meetings, there were exchanges of views among the G7 on WTO reform, ensuring a level playing field, supply chain resilience, economic coercion, and other issues, towards maintaining a free and fair trading system.

(1) Date

Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29, 2023
(Note) The meeting was also held online on Tuesday, April 4, 2023

• Foreign Minister HAYASHI’s Attendance at the First G7 Trade Ministers’ Meeting (April 4, 2023)

(2) Venue

• Osaka city / Sakai city, Osaka prefecture
  • Meeting venue / International Media Center : Osaka International Convention Center

(3) Participants

• G7 members: Japan (G7 Presidency), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Germany and European Union
• Invited countries and international organizations: Australia, Chile, India, Indonesia, Kenya, World Trade Organization (WTO), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

(4) Links

• Osaka prefecture
• Sakai city
• G7 Hiroshima Summit, Ministerial Meetings
• Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition