Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Goyal Urges WTO-Compliant Responses to G20 Trade Distortions
Piyush Goyal represented India at a G20 meeting about world trade.
He said government support and hidden subsidies can make some products unfairly cheap.
This may hurt businesses in other countries through dumping or predatory pricing.
Goyal said countries should respond using tools allowed by World Trade Organization rules.
He said these actions should rely on evidence and be open to court review.
He supported changing supply chains, but said this should not be used to avoid trade rules or hurt developing countries.
He also defended equal trade treatment, agreement-based decisions and special support for developing economies.
On forced labour, he said border restrictions should use specific evidence rather than assumptions about whole countries or industries.
Goyal also supported restoring the WTO’s two-level dispute settlement system.
Piyush Goyal urged G20 members to address trade distortions through WTO-compliant measures.
He supported evidence-based anti-dumping and countervailing duties subject to judicial review.
Goyal said supply-chain diversification must not justify measures outside WTO rules or burden developing countries.
He defended MFN treatment, consensus-based WTO decisions and special treatment for developing economies.
He called for evidence-based forced-labour border measures and restoration of the WTO’s two-tier dispute settlement system.
- Who
- Piyush Goyal, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister, addressed G20 trade ministers.
- What
- He called for WTO-compliant responses to trade distortions and evidence-based measures concerning forced labour in supply chains.
- When
- On the concluding day of the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting, described as Friday; India also backed the United Kingdom’s 2027 G20 Presidency.
- Where
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
- Why
- To address dumping, predatory pricing, hidden subsidies and forced labour while preserving rules-based trade and policy space for developing countries.
- Speaker
- Piyush Goyal, India’s Commerce and Industry Minister
- Meeting
- G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting
- Location
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- Trade measures
- Evidence-based anti-dumping and countervailing duties subject to judicial review
- Trade principles
- Transparent, non-discriminatory, rules-based and multilateral trade with the WTO at its core
- Forced labour
- Border measures should rely on specific, verifiable evidence and respect due process and WTO rules
- WTO reform
- Goyal called for restoring the WTO’s two-tier dispute settlement system
- Additional engagement
- Goyal held bilateral meetings with ministers from Australia, Saudi Arabia, France, South Korea and Canada
