South Africa will host the first G20 Trade and Investment Working Group (TWGW) meeting under its presidency from March 18 to March 20. The TIWG meeting, which will be held virtually, will bring together senior officials from G20 member countries as well as the European Union and the African Union.
The deputy director-general of trade at the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ambassador Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter said, this would be the first of the four proposed meetings of the TIWG, which will culminate in the G20 trade ministers’ meeting to be hosted by South Africa in October. The Ambassador further said that the first session will also be attended by international organisations, such as the World Trade Organisation, the United Nations Trade and Development, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and African regional communities.
South Africa officially assumed the presidency of the G20 in December 2024 for the year 2025 under the theme “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability”.
