G20 trade ministers condemns weaponisation of food

Milwaukee, Oct 3 (IANS) G20 trade ministers have unanimously condemned the weaponisation of food for political or economic coercion, securing a rare consensus at a meeting that otherwise exposed differences among the world’s largest economies over forced labour, industrial overcapacity and the future of global trade rules. The agreement was reached at the two-day G20 Trade Ministerial in Milwaukee under the US presidency. Ministers defined weaponisation as targeted government actions to slow, st