Anwar urges G20 to act on trade gaps


Action over ambition: Anwar speaking at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. Despite ambitious G20 discussions on multilateral trade and investment, Anwar says that real progress has been limited. — Photo from Anwar’s Facebook page

JOHANNESBURG: Prime Minis­ter Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has urged G20 member states to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete steps to address long-­standing global trade inequities, particularly those affecting countries in the Global South.

He said that while recent G20 discussions have shown an ambitious push for broader consensus on multilateral trade, investment mechanisms, and closing econo­mic gaps between nations, tangible progress remains limited.

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