Trade: Battle-lines drawn over the WTO's development architecture (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Many developing countries, including Brazil and China, clashed with the United States, Singapore and other members of the "Friends of the System" group, as well as Costa Rica during an informal meeting on 28 September on the World Trade Organization reform track concerning "development".

UN: US migrant transfer deals risk triggering cascade of rights abuses (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United States' migration scheme seeking to transfer migrants and asylum seekers to third countries are putting them at heightened risk of human rights violations, including torture and persecution, according to a large group of United Nations human rights experts.

Opinion: The dollar-gold standard's lingering demise (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
The 1944 Bretton Woods (BW) conference accepted the US demand to use the dollar to settle international financial transactions. This arrangement would require a US balance-of-payments deficit to issue enough dollars.