WTO: US & allies revive plurilateral E-com moratorium amid deadlock (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Geneva, 2 Sep (D. Ravi Kanth) --The co-sponsors of the controversial "Joint Statement on the Moratorium on Customs Duties on Electronic Transmissions" on 1 September launched another proverbial salvo at the World Trade Organization in their bid to legitimize their plurilateral initiative for a permanent waiver on customs duties on electronic transmissions.

CBD: Discussions inch forward on synthetic biology assessment (PRIV)
(Eva Sirinathsinghji and Lim Li Ching, London)
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have inched forward in discussions on the need to robustly assess novel and emerging synthetic biology applications, and how to do so.

Opinion: Dollar dominance eroding slowly but surely (PRIV)
(IPS, Jakarta)
The US dollar's role as the world's reserve currency has been eroding gradually for decades. However, various US policies, including recent deliberately unexpected actions, have at times accelerated de-dollarisation.