WTO: Members push genetic resources & TK to center of IP debate (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, and India have brought several issues concerning "IP for development" in the realm of "genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge [TK]" to the center-stage at the World Trade Organization.

Afghanistan: Child hunger crisis worsens amid deep funding cuts (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has sounded the alarm over a rapidly worsening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, with funding shortfalls forcing major cuts to life-saving food and nutrition programmes at the very moment they are needed most.

Opinion: Trade liberalisation never lifted all boats (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
President Trump has blamed trade liberalisation advocated by globalists for US de-industrialisation.