The agenda: G20 meet to focus on fair, transparent, and inclusive trade

The meeting will focus on all the areas barring WTO-related matters that will be taken up at a later stage

Accelerating global trade to mitigate poverty and income inequality, and making growth more inclusive will be one of the key focus areas in the G20’s trade and investment working group that will kick-start next week in Mumbai.

Under India’s G20 Presidency, the working group will also emphasise on increasing the participation of developing countries in the value chains, and building resilient global value chains to withstand future shocks, senior commerce department officials said on Friday.

The trade and investment working group will be chaired by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal. The three-day meeting, starting March 28, will see participation of 100