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SUNS # 9578 Wednesday 18 May 2022
 
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Trade : WTO DG, TRIPS Chair "manage" TRIPS Covid-19 negotiation process (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The Chair of the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Council and the WTO Director-General on 16 May apparently issued calls to find consensus on the controversial draft TRIPS COVID-19 document without undue delay, with the DG saying that members must prove to the commentators that MC12 is not going to be a failure, said people who asked not to be quoted.

Finance : When saviours are the problem (PRIV)
(IPS, Sydney/Kuala Lumpur)
Sydney/Kuala Lumpur, 17 May (IPS/Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram*) -- Central bank policies have often worsened economic crises instead of resolving them. By raising interest rates in response to inflation, they often exacerbate, rather than mitigate business cycles and inflation.

UN : Inequality tightens its grip on the most vulnerable (PRIV)
(IPS, Madrid)
Please do not say you were not aware that the world produces enough food to feed all human beings on Earth, while nearly double the combined European Union's population go to bed hungry... every single night.


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