WTO : US pauses auto tariffs on Canada & Mexico, China files revised dispute (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
China on 4 March filed an addendum to the original dispute that it had initiated against the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on 4 February, this time to include Washington's latest "measures that increase the additional tariffs on goods originating in China from 10% to 20%," while simultaneously imposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 15% on several American farm products, said people familiar with the development.

Trade : Canada initiates dispute at WTO over Trump's tariff measures (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Canada has initiated a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over new tariff measures imposed by United States President Donald Trump on imports of goods from Canada.

UN : Arms transfers are not a human rights-free zone, says report (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Arms transfers are not a human rights-free zone, and that they can entail severe human rights and humanitarian consequences, facilitate serious violations and abuse of human rights, and entail responsibility for crimes under international law, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office.