Trade: Two visions, one playing field - the battle over WTO reform (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
As World Trade Organization members discuss "level playing field" issues on 29 July, the seemingly clashing narratives offered by a large majority of developing and least-developed countries advocating for a development-oriented paradigm, and the proposals tabled by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Japan seeking "a regime change", have come into the open.

WTO: China wins dispute over Turkiye's duties on EVs, hybrid vehicles (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
A dispute panel at the World Trade Organization on 28 July seemingly ruled that Turkiye's imposition of additional duties on electric vehicles (EVs) and some hybrid vehicles from China as well as its import permit licensing scheme are inconsistent with the GATT 1994, said people familiar with the development.

UN: Hard-won HIV gains in jeopardy amid renewed funding pressures (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Despite historic lows in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, the global response is becoming extremely fragile, with reductions in international funding and cuts to HIV prevention and community-based services threatening to reverse hard-won gains, UNAIDS has warned.