Trade : Trump calls for MFN drug prices, non-MFN tariffs for trade partners (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
In a seemingly clear display of double standards, United States President Donald Trump has called on major pharmaceutical companies "to provide MFN (most-favoured-nation) prices to every single Medicaid patient" in the US, while at the same time imposing non-MFN reciprocal tariffs on the members of the World Trade Organization, said people familiar with the development.

Plant Treaty : North countries seek to retain control over sequence information (PRIV)
(TWN, Penang)
While progress has been made on access and benefit sharing regarding sequence information on genetic resources at the international level, there was a recent setback for plant genetic resources for food and agriculture.

Sudan : WFP warns of starvation in El Fasher as humanitarian crisis deepens (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
One year since famine was first confirmed in Sudan's Zamzam camp in North Darfur, families trapped inside the besieged state capital, El Fasher, are facing starvation, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on 5 August.