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7/16/2020

Joint Call of Finance Ministers | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Joint Call of Finance Ministers
July 15, 2020

WASHINGTON – The Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Treasurer, Australia; the Hon Bill Morneau,

Minister for Finance, Canada; the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United
Kingdom; the Hon Steven T. Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, United States, issued the
following joint statement:
Today Australia hosted a call with the Finance Ministers of Australia, Canada, United Kingdom
and the United States. It was the second of a series of regular calls among the countries to
discuss the economic issues associated with COVID-19.
Unfortunately, New Zealand was unable to participate, but we look forward to their joining our
next discussion.
During the call, we exchanged views on policies to protect jobs during the crisis and to get
people back into work as quickly as possible as our economies begin to recover.
Our governments have all taken unprecedented steps to restrict movement to slow the spread
of the virus. The largest impacts of this have been on the jobs market. We have already seen the
loss of hundreds of millions of jobs globally. A strong labor market is essential to our respective
economic recoveries.
We will continue to work together and share lessons to help ensure a strong and sustainable
global recovery.
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