Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister
Antonio Tajani opened the G7 Trade Ministers meeting in the
Calabrian port of Villa San Giovanni on Tuesday, stressing the
need for global business to be conducted on a "level playing
field".
"The freedoms of trade, commerce and navigation are fundamental
for global trade and growth," Tajani said.
"We want to ensure a level playing field for businesses on
global markets. We need to ensure a level playing field and
shared rules to allow our companies to compete on an equal
footing in every market".
In the final statement of June's G7 summit in Puglia, the
group's leaders expressed "concerns about China's persistent
industrial targeting and comprehensive non-market policies",
referring to "global spillovers, market distortions and harmful
overcapacity" in many sectors.
Tajani also addressed the B7 Summit organised by industrial
association Confindustria on the sidelines of the G7, saying
that "trade can increasingly become an instrument of global
dialogue".
He said the Trade G7 would show that "a message of peace and
dialogue can start" after the assassination attempt on former
United States President Donald Trump.
"We will engage on the fundamental issue of the environmental
sustainability of trade," Tajani added.
"We want to make our economic systems more secure, addressing
emerging global challenges such as artificial intelligence, an
area in which the EU is at the forefront".
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