WTO: Minister-Facilitator moves to incorporate IFDA at MC14 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
The Minister-Facilitator "on incorporation of the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement" (IFDA) into Annex 4 of the WTO Agreement has issued an information note on how the controversial agreement will be discussed and adopted on 28 March at the World Trade Organization's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon.

WTO: Chinese Taipei boycotts MC14 in Yaounde (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Yaounde)
Chinese Taipei, under the World Trade Organization nomenclature, is reportedly boycotting the WTO's 14th Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon on grounds that it is being labelled as a province of China.

WHO: Developing countries reject Bureau's text as negotiation basis (PRIV)
(Lauren Paremoer and Rajnia de Vito, Geneva)
Developing countries rejected the Bureau's draft negotiating text (Bureau's Text) as a basis for negotiation during the sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on the WHO Pandemic Agreement.