G20 trade ministers found rare unity on food but split on labour. The ministerial met in Milwaukee on September 30 and October 1, chaired by US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. An assessment released October 6 detailed the outcome.

All members backed a consensus statement against weaponising food and farm trade for coercion. It was a rare moment of full G20 unity. The statement pushes back against using food supplies as political leverage.

On forced labour, there was no consensus. The US, Mexico and Argentina issued a separate three-nation statement instead. A draft text on industrial overcapacity was blocked by what Greer called a handful of members. He said he was severely disappointed.

India was represented by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. India argued that capacity is not the problem, but concentration of production through subsidies is. The split shows how hard global trade consensus has become. Trade experts say the Milwaukee outcome reflects a fractured global order, where full consensus is now the exception. The next ministerial will test whether the food pact holds under pressure.