B20

Removing Barriers, Delivering Growth: Simplifying Rules to Enable Investment, Innovation and Resilience

Date

09 November 2026

Location

Bayer, 801 Pennsylvania Ave NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20004

Time

12:00 - 16:30 ET

This Business at OECD side event co-organised with the U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB) to the U.S. B20 Summit, hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will focus on simplifying rules to unlock foster resilient and sustainable agriculture, unlock finance, scale innovation in health and AI, and tackle illicit trade through trade policy. Leveraging the OECD's expertise on topics such as finance, digital transformation, AI, and trade agreements, the event will examine how policy simplification and streamlined rules can act as an enabler of G20 and B20 priorities.

Agenda

12:00 – 13:00

Networking Lunch

13:00 – 13:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

13:30 - 14:15

Panel 1 – Simplifying Regulation for Effective Agriculture

This panel will explore how reducing regulatory burden can unlock innovation, enhance farmers’ welfare, and support the transition toward sustainable and regenerative agriculture.

14:15 - 14:45

B20 Corporate Partner Highlight – Finance and Digital: Removing Barriers to Unlock Capital and Innovation

This high-level interactive exchange between B20 Corporate Partner Mastercard, the OECD and the audience will highlight key regulatory challenges industry faces, hindering progress in unlocking capital and fostering innovation.

14:45 - 15:15

Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:00

Panel 2 – Stronger Together: Smart Regulation for Health Innovation, Access and Resilience

This panel, held under Business at OECD’s Stronger Together campaign will examine how smarter more adaptive regulatory frameworks can accelerate responsible AI adoption in health, improve access to innovation, and strengthen resilience against future shocks.

16:00 - 16:30

Network Partner Highlight – Addressing Illicit-trade Through Systematic Trade Policy

This high-level interactive exchange will bring B20 Network Partners Business at OECD and USCIB members to discuss how the G20 could mainstream provisions that strengthen customs cooperation, enhance transparency in cross-border transactions, combat trade-based financial crime and improve enforcement collaboration, all done through systemic trade policy implementation.