Trade: US trade wars, sanctions & the WTO's failure (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
As the Trump administration appears to have escalated its unilateral trade, economic, and military actions against multiple countries, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are confronting an unsettling reality: the guardian of the multilateral trading system seems to be broken, incapable of preventing predatory tariffs and economic sanctions, according to people familiar with the development.

WHO: Draft ToR of SPCIHR risks compromising States Parties' oversight (PRIV)
(Nithin Ramakrishnan and K M Gopakumar, Kochi/New Delhi)
The draft terms of reference for the implementation entities of the International Health Regulations (IHR) risk compromising the role of the States Parties in the oversight of the IHR implementation.

CBD: South resists efforts to redefine financial resources-providing Parties (PRIV)
(Lim Li Ching, London)
Eighty-three developing country Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have sent a clear message that they would reject any effort to undermine the Convention's provisions that set out which Parties are responsible for the provision of financial resources.