BRICS+: Potenciando el desarrollo
Es hora de colocar ladrillos firmes, interconectados y duraderos que impulsen el desarrollo y la prosperidad compartida para el Sur Global.
Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazilian goods in letter attacking the Supreme Court and defending Bolsonaro
The billionaire president claimed that trade relations with Brazil are unfair to the US. Lula has called a meeting to discuss a response.
The high-stakes, global battle over Trump’s tariffs
Through his “tariff war”, Trump seeks to subvert multilateral institutions and renegotiate trade agreements to (even further) benefit the US
US sectors hit by new Chinese tariffs and restrictions
China initiated tariffs in response to Trump’s tariffs and also implemented export controls on five minerals whose production it dominates.
China responds to Trump’s trade war by imposing retaliatory tariffs and restrictions on exports
Following Trump’s imposition of a 10% additional tariff on Chinese imports, China filed a complaint in the WTO and levied its own tariffs and restrictions in retaliation.
BRICS countries call for a multipolar, equitable and democratic world order
In the Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, BRICS members condemned the genocidal Israeli war on West Asia, the illegal sanctions regimes imposed on the people of the world by the US and its allies, and Western dominated multilateral institutions.
Naledi Pandor: “The most progressive thing to do is unite and [take] action”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa spoke in the first day of the III International Dilemmas of Humanity Conference and called for progressive organizations to unite and intensify international solidarity
BRICS summit ends with six new members and calls for inclusive multilateralism and UN reform
BRICS has decided to invite six countries to join the bloc — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The leaders also agreed on a future plan of expansion and called for increased use of local currencies in trade as opposed to the dollar
Health workers will not stop fighting for a better alternative to WTO COVID-19 response
George Poe Williams from the National Health Workers Union of Liberia comments on the recent outcome of the WTO Ministerial Conference and the disappointment this has caused among health workers
Daily Round-up | WTO Ministerial meet falls short and more stories
In this episode, we bring you developments from the World Trade Organization Ministerial, protests for abortion rights in Malta, the agitation against the Omnibus law in Indonesia, and environmental degradation in Brazil
WTO decides: no TRIPS waiver
Trade delegates and WTO Secretariat celebrate package of documents issued at the end of the Ministerial Conference, yet outlook for Global South remains bleak
Importance of TRIPS flexibilities under the Doha Declaration on Public Health
NewscClick’s Prabir Purkayastha and immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath discuss the TRIPS waiver and the larger question of intellectual property rights and public health
- Marco Rubio sanctions UN rapporteur for criticism of Israel
- Trump announces 50% tariff on Brazilian goods in letter attacking the Supreme Court and defending Bolsonaro
- 250 million Indian workers and farmers on the streets in a national strike
- US delists Syria’s HTS as Foreign Terrorist Organization
- “Gangs don’t control areas in Port-au-Prince, they attack and leave,” says Haitian economist
