Trade: GC chair brings transparency & accountability to WTO reform (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization's General Council (GC) has notably injected greater transparency and inclusiveness into the discussions on WTO reform now underway under the General Council's oversight, said people familiar with the development.

Trade: SACU leaders call for extending AGOA for 15 years (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The leaders of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) - comprising Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa - have called on the Trump administration to extend the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for a period of 15 years beyond December 2026, to ensure the "continuity of trade, market access, preservation of the industrial base and job security".

UN: Fight against poverty must anchor next-gen development goals (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The fight against poverty and inequalities should be at the heart of the new generation of development goals - recognizing that poverty is not inevitable, but manufactured by policy choices and structural injustices, according to a United Nations human rights expert.