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The European Union’s ABS Proposal for the pandemic instrument: Backwards in International Solidarity & Excerbates Inequity An analysis by Sangeeta Shashikant (Spanish) (Portuguese) News Update TWN Dubai News Update (30 November - 12 December 2023) Briefing Paper Risks in trade as a solution for environmental problems by Abhijit Das (November 2023) Briefing Paper Amidst a historic debt crisis and increasing global poverty, the IMF and World Bank fail to deliver in Marrakech by Bhumika Muchhala (November 2023) Briefing Paper Global climate targets: Peaking, emissions reduction and renewable energy by T. Jayaraman & Tejal Kanitkar (November 2023) Tip the Scale: Equity Front and Center in the Pandemic Instrument (civil society letter to WHO negotiations body co-chairs) Briefing Paper Secondary patents threaten access to new TB medicines by Prathibha Sivasubramanian (October 2023) TB medicine patent landscape

USITC Report's key highlights support extension of WTO Decision to COVID-19 diagnostics & therapeutics Briefing Paper How the US can enforce an "unenforceable" IPEF by Jane Kelsey (August 2023) Briefing Paper The US Congress's role in the IPEF and the possibility of a US "certification" requirement before the IPEF enters into force by Jane Kelsey (August 2023) TWN Submission to the UNFCCC's Standing Committee on Finance on Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement (August 2023) Briefing Paper Decoding the IPEF by Abhijit Das (June 2023) Agroecology: A Transformative Opportunity for Biodiversity and the Rio Conventions Briefing Paper Equity assessment of global mitigation pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report by T. Jayaraman, Tejal Kanitkar & Akhil Mythri (May 2023) THIRD PARTY OBSERVATIONS AT WIPO

 

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LATEST ISSUE
Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.357 (2023/4) COVER: Gaza: Savagery versus solidarity Articles include: Justice is non-negotiable 'We will not be silent' With Hamas gone, Gaza still wouldn't be free Full issue (PDF)

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 785/786 (16 Dec 2023-15 Jan 2024) World economy facing protracted period of low growth Articles include: Protracted period of low growth looming large, warns report Risks and challenges posed by global monetary tightening Chair issues consolidated fisheries text for final push towards MC13 Full issue (PDF)

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• UN: Global order under threat by a retreat from multilateralism - G77
  by Kanaga Raja (30 Jan 24)
• IPCC's 7th assessment cycle to deliver product on adaptation
  by Indrajit Bose (26 Jan 24)
• IPCC’s 7th assessment cycle must not compromise science, say developing countries
  by Indrajit Bose (26 Jan 24)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• WTO: Clash over domestic support & market access mandate for MC13
  by D. Ravi Kanth (08 Feb 24)
• WTO: Fisheries chair acknowledges significant divergences ahead of MC13
  by D. Ravi Kanth (07 Feb 24)
• WTO: Constructive talks on agri-text, but unbridgeable differences persist
  by D. Ravi Kanth (06 Feb 24)
• WTO: Chair silent on calling distant-water fishing a prohibited subsidy
  by D. Ravi Kanth (04 Feb 24)
• WTO: Members endorse chair's agri-text, large majority rally behind PSH
  by D. Ravi Kanth (03 Feb 24)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• Concept of planetary boundaries modified to incorporate justice considerations
  (23 Jan 24)
• EU’s ABS Proposal for pandemic instrument: Backwards in International Solidarity & Excerbates Inequity
  by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Jan 24)
• Peru’s Potato Park Condemns False Claims by US Genome Giant Illumina
  (18 Jan 24)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• EU’s ABS Proposal for pandemic instrument: Backwards in International Solidarity & Excerbates Inequity
  by Sangeeta Shashikant (19 Jan 24)
• COVID-19: Big Pharma using patent "evergreening" to monopolize vaccines
  by Kanaga Raja (21 Dec 23)
• WTO: Decisions on e-com, diagnostics & therapeutics cast shadow on MC13
  by D. Ravi Kanth (12 Dec 23)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• Opinion: Onerous debt making poorest poorer
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (04 Feb 24)
• Opinion: PPPs' private gain at public expense
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (02 Feb 24)
• UN: Global order under threat by a retreat from multilateralism - G77
  by Kanaga Raja (30 Jan 24)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• WHO: Bureau's text suggestion for "pre-qualification" raises concerns of vaccine supply concentration
  by K M Gopakumar & Nithin Ramakrishnan (12 Feb 24)
• WHO: Bureau rejects Secretariat’s proposal to delete equity-related IHR amendment proposals
  by TWN (08 Feb 24)
• WHO: WGIHR Bureau’s push for 2 new national institutions for IHR implementation raises concerns
  by Nithin Ramakrishnan & K M Gopakumar (06 Feb 24)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• Diversified Cropping Systems Yield Multiple Benefits
  (30 Jan 24)
• Opinion: World Bank enables foreign aid theft
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (19 Jan 24)
• WTO: US, Costa Rica, Paraguay say ministerial mandates lack sanctity on PSH
  by D. Ravi Kanth (19 Jan 24)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• Washington Takes a Step Toward Greater Openness in Digital Trade
  by Burcu Kilic (27 Nov 23)
• UN: Palestinian official condemns Israel's justification for killings in Gaza
  by Kanaga Raja (21 Nov 23)
• UN: "Genocide being committed against the Palestinian people"
  by Kanaga Raja (08 Nov 23)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• UN: Human rights chief appeals for $500 million in funding for this year
  by Kanaga Raja (03 Feb 24)
• Opinion: PPPs' private gain at public expense
  by IPS/Jomo Kwame Sundaram (02 Feb 24)
• UN: Global order under threat by a retreat from multilateralism - G77
  by Kanaga Raja (30 Jan 24)
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Last updated on 13 February 2024