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State Minister for Foreign Affairs HORII’s attendance at the G20 Trade Ministerial Meeting (Results)
October 2, 2026
From September 30 to October 1, Mr. HORII Iwao, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan together with Mr. MIYAMOTO Shuji, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, attended the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting held in Milwaukee, United States, hosted by the United States, this year's G20 Presidency.
- At the meeting, active discussions took place under the four themes set by the United States, this G20 Presidency: (1) Weaponization of Food through Coercive Trade Action, (2) Structural Excess Capacity and Production, (3) Most Favored Nation (MFN) Principle and (4) Eliminating Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains.
- State Minister HORII made the following statements and contributed to the discussions at the meeting:
- Arbitrary restrictions on food trade should not be tolerated as tool of pressure to achieve political objectives. It is necessary to combine various initiatives to address the weaponization of food, including diversifying supply chains and rectifying regulations on food imports and exports that lack scientific basis.
- The MFN principle has played important roles, including ensuring the stability of the multilateral trading system. At the same time, the international economic order is facing problems such as overproduction, and ensuring a level playing field becomes an urgent issue. Discussions on challenges in the international economic order have been deepening within frameworks such as the WTO and Japan will advance discussions to improve and strengthen the order.
- Respect for human rights in global supply chains, including the elimination of forced labor, is indispensable to ensuring the stability of supply chains and achieving sustainable economic growth. Japan will continue to contribute through various approaches, including support for companies in coordination with international organizations.
- During his visit, State Minister HORII had exchanges of views or brief talks with the following ministers and officials attending the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting on future cooperation with each country.
- Mr. Jerónimo Carlos Osa Osa Nzang, Minister of Economy, Trade, Industry and Investment Promotion of Equatorial Guinea (Delegation of AU)
- Mr. Fernando Brun, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Secretary for International Economic Relations of Argentina
- Mr. Don Farrell, Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State of Australia
- Mr. Márcio F.E. Rosa, Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services of Brazil
- Mr. Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
- Mr. Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade of Canada
- Mr. Li Chenggang, China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce
- Mr. Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency, European Commission
- Mr. Nicolas Forissier, Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
- Dr. Thomas Steffen, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany
- Mr. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
- Dr. Budi Santoso, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia
- Ms. Maria Tripodi, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy
- Mr. Park Jung-sung, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resource of Korea
- Mr. Marcelo Luis EBRARD CASAUABÓN, Secretary of Economy of Mexico
- Mr. Andrzej Domański, Minister of Finance and Economy of Poland
- Dr. Majed Al Qasabi, Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia
- Prof. Dr. Ömer BOLAT, Minister of Trade, Republic of Türkiye
- Mr. Jonathan Reynolds, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade of United Kingdom
- Mr. Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative
(Reference) Attended G20 Members and Invited Country
- G20 members:
- Japan, United States (Presidency), Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, EU, AU (African Union)
- Invited country:
- Poland