Trade: Trump raises US global tariff to 15% after Supreme Court blow (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 21 February raised tariffs from 10% to 15% on imports from every country under Section 122 of the US Trade Act of 1974.

CBD: No implementation without equity, say developing countries (PRIV)
(Lim Li Ching, Rome)
As Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) near the halfway mark in the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), it appears that the ambition that fuelled its adoption in 2022 has not been matched by the commensurate means of implementation.

Health: CSOs rally against Trump's trade tactics threatening access to drugs (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
More than 100 civil society organizations (CSOs) from around the world are calling for a global trade policy framework that safeguards access to affordable medicines and rejects agreements negotiated under coercive conditions.