Trade : EU given till 16 January 2023 to implement steel safeguard ruling (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The European Union and Turkiye have reached an agreement on the deadline for the EU to comply with a WTO ruling concerning safeguard measures imposed by the EU on imports of certain steel products.

Brazil : Racism erased black intellectual contribution to history (PRIV)
(IPS, Rio de Janeiro)
The battle against racism and inequality will be a long one in Brazil, because a prejudice against the intellectual capacity of blacks is a problem rooted in the national culture, and even in the minds of Afro-Brazilians themselves, as well as highlighted in the country's official history.

Colombia : New president may need US blessing to realize his domestic agenda (PRIV)
(IPS, Geneva)
For the first time in its contemporary history, Colombia has a left-wing government.