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Jim Chalmers

We need more free trade, not less

In our efforts to de-risk our supply chains and build our buffers against uncertainty, we can’t afford to jettison free and fair trade and replace it with fragmentation, division and suspicion.

Jim ChalmersFederal treasurer

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A quarter century ago, the G20 was formed because deepening connections between our markets and our people made our economies more dependent on one another and there was no shortage of challenges for us to manage together.

Since then, the G20 has done some of its best work in crises.

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Jim Chalmers is the federal treasurer.

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