WTO: US dismisses dispute complaints from Canada and China (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The United States has dismissed the trade disputes launched by Canada as well as China at the World Trade Organization against the US tariffs imposed on goods originating from these two countries, arguing that "issues of national security are political matters not susceptible to review or capable of resolution by WTO dispute settlement."

WTO: China requests dispute panel over EU duties on Chinese EVs (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
China has requested the establishment of a dispute panel against the European Union at the World Trade Organization to rule on countervailing duties imposed by the EU on new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) originating in China.

Ukraine: Enforced disappearance, torture are crimes against humanity - UN (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Enforced disappearances and torture committed by Russian authorities as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population in the context of their full-scale invasion of Ukraine amount to crimes against humanity, according to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.