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10/27/2021

Trip Guidance and Press Schedule for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen | U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Trip Guidance and Press Schedule for U.S. Secretary of the
Treasury Janet L. Yellen
October 27, 2021

Friday, October 29 through Wednesday, November 3
WASHINGTON —Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will attend the G20 Joint Finance
and Health Ministers’ Meeting on Friday, October 29 in Rome, Italy; G20 Heads of State and
Government Summit on Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31 in Rome, Italy; attend
meetings to further global tax policy priorities in Dublin, Ireland on Sunday, October 31 and
Monday, November 1; and represent the U.S. at the UN Climate Change Conference UK
(COP26) on Tuesday, November 2 and Wednesday, November 3.
While overseas, Secretary Yellen will continue to reinforce the U.S. commitment to
multilateralism and advance U.S. policy priorities on global tax policy as a part of a foreign
policy for the middle class, climate change, an inclusive economic recovery, and global
health. She will also hold meetings with counterparts, allies, and business leaders.
On Friday, October 29, Secretary Yellen will represent the U.S. at the G20 Joint Finance and
Health Ministers’ Meeting and related o icial events. She will work with her counterparts to
seize opportunities to foster a sustainable and inclusive global economic recovery and
discuss ways to strengthen global pandemic preparedness.
On Saturday, October 30 and Sunday, October 31, Secretary Yellen will accompany President
Biden to engagements and o icial events during the G20 Leader’s Summit. These events are
closed press.
On Sunday, October 31, Secretary Yellen will travel to Dublin, Ireland where she will meet
with Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and members of the business community. While in
Dublin, Secretary Yellen will highlight the historic OECD/G-20 Inclusive Framework
agreement wherein virtually the entire global economy – 136 countries representing 94% of
the world’s GDP – have agreed to a new set of international tax rules, including a global
minimum tax that ends the damaging race to the bottom.

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Trip Guidance and Press Schedule for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen | U.S. Department of the Treasury

On November 1, Secretary Yellen will convene with Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe
for a bilateral meeting at Government Buildings. This meeting is closed press. Following that
engagement, the two will host a press conference. Later in the day, Secretary Yellen and
Minister Donohoe will attend an event hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce
Ireland at the Shelbourne Hotel. They will join U.S. and Irish business leaders to discuss
their perspectives on the agreement. Portions of this event are open press.
Secretary Yellen will also deliver remarks at Saint Patrick’s Hall in Dublin Castle at an event
hosted by the Institute of International and European A airs. Minister Donohoe will also
attend and deliver remarks. This event is open press and will be livestreamed.
On November 2, Secretary Yellen will join President Biden and 12 U.S. Cabinet Secretaries at
COP26 to galvanize e orts by the world’s major economies to reach the Paris Agreement
target. At COP26, Secretary Yellen will also reiterate that tackling the climate crisis will
require mobilizing and aligning trillions of dollars in capital through a global e ort. She will
also emphasize that public sector resources must go further and serve as e ective catalysts
to mobilize additional climate finance.
Additionally, Secretary Yellen will attend events, including ones hosted by His Royal Majesty
Prince Charles of Wales, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Throughout the events in Glasgow, the Secretary, she will underscore the value of
multilateral, public-private partnered, and whole-of-society approach to addressing the
climate crisis and the need for world leaders to make concrete commitments and raise
ambition.
Further engagements and details will be announced in the coming days.
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