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10/29/24, 2:19 PM UAE promotes open, inclusive trade at G20 Trade, Investment Ministerial Meeting in Brazil
Participation in International Trade," noting that women-run SMEs are central to the

economies of emerging markets and need equitable access to international markets.

Al Zeyoudi said the Ministerial Meeting was an opportunity for the UAE to

advocate for trade as a vital bridge between nations and a driver of productivity and

innovation, "The G20 Trade and Investment Ministerial Meeting is an important

platform for addressing the issues impacting global trade, and for shaping the

solutions that will ensure every nation is able to access and benefit from supply

chains. The UAE will continue to use such meetings to champion multilateralism

and align with our partners across the world to ensure trade remains able to deliver

long-term, sustainable growth for every nation. We all agree on the need for key

reforms to the WTO and strengthening issues such as dispute resolution. What we

need now is a coordinated action plan to turn proclamations into policies and

programs at regional and international levels."

During his visit to Brasilia, he held a bilateral meeting with Gan Kim Yong, Deputy

Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry for Singapore, in addition to a

number of nations who are part of the UAE's Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Agreement program. These included talks with Todd McClay, Minister of Trade for

New Zealand, Inkyo Cheong, Minister of Trade for the Republic of South Korea,

Shri Jitin Prasada, Honorable Minister of State, Commerce and Industry of India,

George Mina, Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for

Australia.

He also met Marcio Elias Rosa, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Development,

Industry, Commerce and Services of Brazil, and other G20 member blocs, including

Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner for the

EU, and several of its member nations, including Diana Elena Mondino, Minister of

Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship for Argentina; Jonathan Reynolds,

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