Goyal: Distinguish Food Weaponisation from Legitimate Food Security Measures at G20

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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stressed the need to differentiate between the weaponisation of food supply chains and genuine measures countries take for food security. Speaking at the G20 Trade Ministers' meeting in Milwaukee, he emphasized that food should foster security, stability, and cooperation. The US Trade Representative also highlighted concerns about food weaponisation, coercive trade actions, structural excess capacity, the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, and forced labour in global supply chains. These issues have significant consequences for economies and their populations.