WTO: US fails in bid to upend unconditional MFN in reform talks (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States on 20 July made a strong pitch for seemingly upending the unconditional most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment or non-discrimination principle in market access for all members of the World Trade Organization.

WIPO: Developing countries call for stock-take of CDIP functioning (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
Developing countries called for a stock-taking of the functioning of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property Rights (CDIP) to assess the impact of its work in fulfilling the Development Agenda mandate of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

WIPO: IP enforcement should remain in Development Agenda mandate (PRIV)
(TWN, Geneva)
Developing countries and their coordinating groups insisted that the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Advisory Committee on Enforcement remain "balanced, proportionate and responsive to national circumstances" and firmly anchored in the WIPO Development Agenda.