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Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.333/334 (May/Jun 2018) COVER: Is Latin America's 'pink tide' history? Articles include: Indigenous leaders call for new global agreement to protect Amazon Bracing for the bust How wealth dynasties rig the US economy Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 651/652 (16 Oct - 15 Nov 2017) Uncertainty, controversy surround lead-up to MC11 Articles include: No convergence on MC11 issues or outcome DG proposes "minister facilitators", chairs report on state of play DG queers pitch on partial outcome on subsidized IUU vessels Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• Landmark report on Himalayan mountains raises dire warnings due to climate change
  by Prerna Bomzan (20 Feb 19)
• Compilation of articles on the constitution and meetings of the Board of the Green Climate Fund by TWN from Jan 2011 to Oct 2018
  (07 Feb 19)
• Climate Finance: Myth vs reality
  by Rajasree Ray & J M Mauskar (23 Nov 18)
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• Click here for more Climate Change documents

TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• China, India respond robustly to US paper on "differentiation"
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Feb 19)
• Korea can retaliate against US for $85 million annually over LRWs
  by Kanaga Raja (15 Feb 19)
• US denounced for proposing "differentiation" among South countries
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Feb 19)
• United Nations: Food commodity prices begin new year on buoyant note
  by Kanaga Raja (14 Feb 19)
• China's ambiguous stance in face of US pressure
  by D. Ravi Kanth (13 Feb 19)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• United Nations Hits the Brakes on Gene Drives
  (30 Nov 18)
• Pressure Mounts for a Solution on Benefit Sharing for Digital Sequence Information
  by Edward Hammond (16 Nov 18)
• Discussions on sequence information unravel at Biodiversity meet
  by Edward Hammond & Lim Li Ching (19 Jul 18)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• Patent protection not at the cost of local manufacture
  by K. M. Gopakumar (18 Feb 19)
• WHO backs South Africa's TRIPS proposal on public health
  by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Feb 19)
• Draft Patents Rules Undermine Safeguards Against Frivolous Patents
  by K. M. Gopakumar (22 Jan 19)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Financial globalization, N-S wealth distribution, resource transfers
  by IPS/Yilmaz Akyuz (18 Feb 19)
• United Nations: Global FDI flows fell by 19% last year
  by Kanaga Raja (29 Jan 19)
• Venezuela’s WTO complaint targets US ban of its cryptocurrency
  by Kanaga Raja (22 Jan 19)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Patent protection not at the cost of local manufacture
  by K. M. Gopakumar (18 Feb 19)
• WHO backs South Africa's TRIPS proposal on public health
  by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Feb 19)
• Draft Patents Rules Undermine Safeguards Against Frivolous Patents
  by K. M. Gopakumar (22 Jan 19)
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• Click here for more Health documents

TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• United Nations: Food commodity prices begin new year on buoyant note
  by Kanaga Raja (14 Feb 19)
• How Community-Based Biodiversity-Friendly Farming Can Stem Biodiversity Loss
  (11 Feb 19)
• Towards a Common Food Policy for the EU
  (09 Feb 19)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• China comes out against ambitious rules on e-commerce
  by D. Ravi Kanth (22 Nov 18)
• The CPTPP: To ratify or not?
  by Martin Khor (20 Aug 18)
• Australia's tobacco plain packaging not WTO-illegal, says WTO
  by Kanaga Raja (09 Jul 18)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• Labour : Poor quality employment a major challenge, says ILO
  by Kanaga Raja (20 Feb 19)
• Financial globalization, N-S wealth distribution, resource transfers
  by IPS/Yilmaz Akyuz (18 Feb 19)
• China, India respond robustly to US paper on "differentiation"
  by D. Ravi Kanth (15 Feb 19)
• Click here for previous articles

Last updated on 20 February 2019