Trade : Trump seeks to extract "payment" for reciprocal tariffs by 1 August (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 7 July dispatched seemingly explosive tariff letters to a total of 14 countries, escalating a unilateral trade war aimed at destroying the 80-year-old multilateral trading system, said people familiar with the development.

Climate : Deadlock over Technology Implementation Programme (PRIV)
(Radhika Chatterjee, New Delhi)
Discussions over the modalities of the Technology Implementation Programme (TIP) reached a deadlock during the climate talks that ended on 26 June in Bonn, Germany.

Climate : Developed countries hinder progress on adaptation (PRIV)
(Eqram Mustaqeem, Kuala Lumpur)
It was a particularly tough and challenging session for the adaptation agendas at the UNFCCC's 62nd sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) that began on 16 June and ended on 26 June, at around midnight, in Bonn, Germany.