The summit at which the Indian PM spoke was attended by leaders of the European Union, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and Singapore.
In an apparent swipe at China, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told a global summit on supply chain resilience that trusted sources and transparency are among key factors for enhancing global supply chains.
summit, convened on the margins of the G20 Summit in Rome by US President Joe Biden, was attended by leaders of the European Union, the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea and Singapore.
Though there were no direct references to China in the deliberations, the country and its outsize role in supply chains has been a concern for most of the countries that attended the meeting.
“I believe three factors are most important to improve global supply chains – trusted source, transparency, and time frame. It is necessary that our supply should be from trusted sources. This is important for our shared security,” Modi said, speaking in Hindi.
“Trusted sources should also be such that they do not have a reactive tendency so that supply chains are protected from a tit-for-tat approach. For the reliability of supply chains, it is also necessary that there should be transparency in them. Due to lack of transparency, today we are seeing that many companies of the world are grappling with the shortage of small things,” he said.
There are large losses if supplies are not provided in time, and this was seen during the Covid-19 pandemic, when pharmaceutical and medical supplies were not provided on time, Modi said. “So, we will have to diversify our supply chains so that supplies are delivered within a time frame. And for this, alternative manufacturing capacity must be enhanced in developed countries,” he added.