Trade: Brazil draws the line against 50% tariff threat by Trump (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Brazil on 10 July denounced United States President Donald Trump over his threat to impose a 50% tariff on all Brazilian goods entering the American market on the seemingly extraneous grounds of the alleged "witch hunt" launched by the current Brazilian government against its controversial former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Climate: South countries stress expectations on scale of resources for FRLD (PRIV)
(Chhegu Palmuu, Cebu)
On the official opening day of the sixth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), held on 9 July in Cebu, the Philippines, developing countries issued a statement conveying their "concerns and expectations regarding the scale and status of resources" of the FRLD.

UN: HIV gains at risk amid global funding freeze, warns UNAIDS (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries have been rocked by a systemic shock, with sudden funding cuts and freezes putting the hard-won progress in the response to HIV in jeopardy, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).