Recent News and Updates

Multilateral System & Digital Sequence Info Briefs for FAO Seed Treaty (11-16 November 2019) TWN Briefing Paper No. 103: Disciplining Non-discriminatory Domestic Regulations in the Services Sectors – Another Plurilateral Track at the WTO by Kinda Mohamadieh TWN Briefing Paper No. 102: Investment Facilitation – Another Plurilateral Initiative at the WTO and Its Potential Implications by Kinda Mohamadieh TWN Briefing Paper No. 101: Understanding the EU’s Understanding on Computer and Related Services by Professor Jane Kelsey

Civil Society Letter on Intellectual Property to RCEP Negotiators (24 September 2019) News Updates Climate Change Conference Bonn, Germany 17–27 June 2019 TWN Briefing Paper No. 99: Ebola: Company avoids benefit-sharing obligation by using sequences by Edward Hammond English / French A Dysfunctional Plant Variety Protection System: Ten Years of UPOV Implementation in Francophone Africa English / French Save Our Cures: Antibiotic Resistance Now the Gravest Health Treat English / BM

 

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LATEST ISSUE
Click cover for previous issues	Issue No.339/340 (2019) COVER: The Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance Articles include: The global threat of antimicrobial resistance New UN report calls for urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis Global governance to tackle antimicrobial resistance: The way forward Click here for more

THIRD WORLD ECONOMICS:

Click cover for previous issues	Issue No. 687 (16-30 Apr 2019) UNCTAD makes case for a Global Green New Deal Articles include: Global Green New Deal needed to deliver on 2030 Agenda Palestinian economy at an all-time low, says UNCTAD E-com duties moratorium "asymmetrical" for South Click here for more

TWN Info Service on Climate Change:

• GCF Board to update Strategic Plan for Fund
  by Prerna Bomzan (19 Nov 19)
• USD 407 million approved for climate projects, including from China and Palestine
  by Indrajit Bose (18 Nov 19)
• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
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TWN Info Service on WTO and Trade Issues:

• US blocks revised WTO budget proposal for 2020-2021
  by D. Ravi Kanth (18 Nov 19)
• Concerns over local content, localisation measures under TRIMs
  by Kanaga Raja (15 Nov 19)
• US wins on India's export subsidy schemes
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Nov 19)
• South countries call for "policy space" in proposed WTO reforms
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Nov 19)
• Major North countries bringing about state of exception at WTO
  by D. Ravi Kanth (14 Nov 19)
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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge:

• New briefing on DSI: Prudence versus Pressure at the Seed Treaty
  (18 Oct 19)
• Crunch Time for the Seed Treaty
  (09 Oct 19)
• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
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TWN Info Service on Intellectual Property Issues:

• APBREBES Newsletter #37
  (13 Nov 19)
• MSF launches global campaign to lower price of crucial TB drug
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Oct 19)
• R&D costs and pricing of medicines & health technologies
  by Kanaga Raja (14 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Finance and Development:

• ODA, blended finance insufficient to achieve SDGs
  by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 19)
• Cross-border bank claims see highest growth since GFC
  by Kanaga Raja (31 Oct 19)
• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
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TWN Info Service on Health Issues:

• Facilitating Access to New Biologic Medicines - call to update the WHO Guidelines on Similar Biotherapeutic products
  (24 Oct 19)
• Submission on 2009 Similar Biotherapeutic Products Guidelines review
  (23 Oct 19)
• MSF launches global campaign to lower price of crucial TB drug
  by Kanaga Raja (16 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Sustainable Agriculture:

• A Just Transition to Agroecology Essential to Effective Climate Action
  (13 Nov 19)
• APBREBES Newsletter #37
  (13 Nov 19)
• US escalating efforts for market access outcomes in agriculture
  by D. Ravi Kanth (31 Oct 19)
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TWN Info Service on Free Trade Agreements:

• New IPCC report warns of ocean warming and dire impacts
  by Indrajit Bose (30 Sept 19)
• CSO Letter to RCEP Negotiators on Intellectual Property
  (25 Sept 19)
• Press release: Sustainable development needs fundamental governance changes
  (09 Jul 19)
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TWN Info Service on UN Sustainable Development:

• Both US and China losers in ongoing trade war, says study
  by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 19)
• ODA, blended finance insufficient to achieve SDGs
  by Kanaga Raja (13 Nov 19)
• Business and human rights treaty negotiations start
  by Kinda Mohamadieh (24 Oct 19)
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Last updated on 19 November 2019