Trade : US says no tariff exception on electronics, China calls for tariff removal (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 13 April said that "there was no Tariff "exception" announced on Friday", adding that his administration is "taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations" under Section 232, according to a post on his Truth Social website.

WTO : India requests safeguard consultations with US on steel & aluminium (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
India has requested the United States to enter into consultations under the Agreement on Safeguards at the World Trade Organization over the duties imposed by the Trump administration on steel and aluminium products in February 2025, a development that has come in the wake of India's ongoing bilateral free trade agreement negotiations with Washington, said people familiar with India's request.

UN : Two years of war in Sudan, amid record displacement, dwindling aid (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Two years since the start of the war in Sudan, the news remains exceedingly grim, as the world's most damaging displacement crisis is now happening amid the worst humanitarian funding situation in decades, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.