 Trade :
WTO Members agree to strengthen LDC accession guidelines (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to further strengthen, streamline, and operationalise the accession guidelines for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) that was adopted back in 2002.
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United Nations :
FDI flows at $1.5 trillion in 2011, slow growth ahead (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows increased by 16 per cent to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, exceeding the 2005-2007 pre-crisis average for the first time, but a resurgence in economic uncertainty and the possibility of lower growth rates in major emerging markets risk undercutting this favourable trend this year.
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United Nations :
Calls for tax on ultra-rich to boost development (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
What if billionaires the world over are asked to shell out at least one percent of their wealth as an international tax for development?
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Trade :
US push to limit copyright law may be undercut by TPP secrecy (PRIV)
(IPS, Washington)
In a surprise move this week, the United States says it is pushing for limitations to international copyright norms currently under negotiation surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the massive free trade agreement that could go into effect by the end of the year.
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Iran :
Analysts say nuclear talks should continue despite sabre-rattling (PRIV)
(IPS, Washington)
The one agreement that talks between Iran and the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - produced after a "technical meeting" in Istanbul was a decision to schedule more talks.
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