WTO: India pushes guardrails for plurilaterals to protect multilateralism (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
India has circulated a proposal at the World Trade Organization underscoring the need to develop guardrails "for plurilateral initiatives and agreements within the WTO framework", rather than a seemingly proverbial "gold rush" to embrace them by undermining the multilateral framework that undergirds the WTO, said people familiar with the development.

WTO: Plurilaterals are not a "panacea" for trade problems, warns Brazil (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The World Trade Organization's annual Public Forum began on 15 September, with Brazil's trade envoy taking the center stage on the complex nature of ongoing WTO trade negotiations.

PABS: South rallies behind equal footing, contracts, federated model (PRIV)
(Rajnia de Vito, Geneva)
The 8th session of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) negotiating the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) Annex to the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Pandemic Agreement heard a consistent message from developing countries in their opening statements: Article 12 has already been negotiated and agreed, the task before the IGWG is to operationalize it, not reopen or re-balance it.