Greer called Goyal a ‘trade minister for life’ as the two met on the first day of the two‑day G20 trade ministers’ gathering in Milwaukee, the U.S. presidency of the forum.
Goyal used the platform to flag three pillars of the G20 agenda – the weaponisation of food, steel’s excess capacity and the Most‑Favoured‑Nation principle – arguing that the latter should be re‑examined to allow countries to counter distortive policies.
The bilateral dialogue ran parallel, with Goyal noting a productive exchange with Greer on an interim India‑US Bilateral Trade Agreement and referencing a Wednesday call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump that reviewed trade, defence, energy and emerging technologies. He also met U.S. manufacturers at a roundtable hosted by the National Association of Manufacturers, urging deeper investment in India’s SME sector.
The G20 leaders’ summit, scheduled for later in the year, will decide the final framework on steel overcapacity and the broader trade‑rules discussion. Both ministers expect the summit to move the India‑US trade pact toward a concrete, signed agreement and to trigger coordinated actions on excess capacity and supply‑chain resilience.