Trade : Agriculture retreat amid US plans to negotiate tariffs outside WTO (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the World Trade Organization's General Council (GC), Ambassador Saqer Abdullah Almoqbel of Saudi Arabia, has issued the modalities for a "WTO Retreat on Sustainable Agriculture in the Multilateral Trading System", scheduled to take place at the WTO on 5-6 May, despite the pervading gloom surrounding the WTO's future, said people familiar with the development.

UN : US reciprocal tariffs risk devastating vulnerable developing countries (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has called on the poorest and most vulnerable economies to be exempted from the "reciprocal tariffs" announced by the Trump administration, arguing that in many cases, the tariffs risk devastating these economies, without significantly reducing the United States' trade deficit or contributing to its additional tariff revenue collection.

Sudan : UN experts raise alarm over extreme hunger crisis as conflict escalates (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
A group of nearly fifty United Nations human rights experts has warned that Sudan is experiencing the most extreme hunger crisis globally, and without immediate humanitarian intervention, hundreds of thousands could perish.