Trade: Wealthy nations "dismantling" WTO in plurilateral power play? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
South Korea - a leading architect of the World Trade Organization reform agenda - on 16 July floated a seemingly provocative proposal, titled "Revitalizing the WTO's negotiating function: A structured pathway for plurilateral agreements and a responsible practice of consensus," in what appears to be a fierce battle that is unfolding at the WTO over the future of global trade, said people familiar with the development.

WHO: User identification & contracts indispensable for PABS, says South (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan and Sangeeta Shashikant, Geneva)
Recent negotiations show a growing recognition that users of pathogen materials and/or sequence information (PMSI) from a proposed multilateral pathogen access and benefit-sharing system must be identifiable and subject to contractual obligations to ensure compliance with the terms of use of PMSI and benefit-sharing.

WIPO: South calls for a balanced, development-oriented SCP agenda (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
Developing countries emphasized that the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) agenda is to be to promote a balanced, development-oriented patent framework that preserves their policy space and ability to utilize TRIPS flexibilities, particularly for public health.