Sorrento, Italy – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today met with South Africa Minister for Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel on the margins of the G-20 Summit.
Ambassador Tai and Minister Patel highlighted the upcoming Virtual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Ministerial and discussed multilateral topics including the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) efforts to end the pandemic, including the proposed waiver to certain provisions of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ambassador Tai and Minister Patel also discussed bilateral trade issues, such as agricultural market access and agreed to stay in communication ahead of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference.
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