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The UAE del eg a tion in ‘G20 Trade and Invest ment Work ing Group’ me et ing
ex presse d its sup p ort for the integ ra tion of devel op ing e co nom ies into global
sup ply chains

Gulf Today · 25 Mar 2025

The UAE has reaf firme d its com mit ment to sup p ort ing an op en, rules-b ase d trad ing sys tem that
pro motes sus tain able e co nomic d evel op ment, employ ment, indus tri al is a t ion, and share d

prosp er ity dur ing a me et ing of the G20 Trad e and Invest ment Work ing Group.

Par t i cip at ing in the ses sion as a sp e cially invite d guest of S outh Af rica, who holds the G20 pres -
id ency for 2025, the UAE d el eg a t ion also ex presse d its sup p ort for the integ ra t ion of d evel op ing

e co nom ies into glob al sup ply chains, the imp ort ance of achiev ing a just g re en trans it ion and the
ongo ing reform of the World Trad e Organ is a t ion (W TO) as a means of uphold ing a f re e, fair, and
inclus ive mul t i lat eral trad ing sys tem.
The UAE d el eg a t ion was head e d by Juma A l Kait, Assist ant Und er-se c ret ar y for Inter na t ional

Trad e Af fairs at the Min istr y of Eco nomy, and includ e d rep res ent at ives of the Min istr y of the
Eco nomy and the Min istr y of Invest ment.
In his remarks to the work ing g roup, Juma A l Kait s aid the UAE trad e agend a is closely alig ne d
w ith the pri or it ies of S outh Af rica’s pres id ency, in p ar t ic u lar the struc tural trans form a t ion of the

Af rican con t in ent and the d evel op ment of Af rican Con t in ental Fre e Trad e Area.

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