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UN official slams EU for using green policies to hold back developing countries

Environment, Indo-Pacific / By

”Rebeca Grynspan, secretary-general of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, has issued fundamental criticism at the EU’s trade policies, stating they hurt developing countries. She told the Financial Times: “Many trade rules forbid policies that can be used by developing countries. And the developed countries have more fiscal space to subsidise in the areas …

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Chief of UN-WTO trade body warns EU deforestation rules risk ‘catastrophic’ impact on global trade

Indo-Pacific / By

In an interview with the Financial Times, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the ITC, a joint agency of the UN and World Trade Organization, has lashed out against new EU deforestation rules. She told the newspaper that the ban on goods linked to deforestation from entering the EU in effect favour major corporations able to …

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Lars Patrick Berg MEP: UN lawsuit may embolden antisemitism

Middle East / By

An analysis in Newsweek cites German Member of European Parliament Lars Patrick Berg about a request by the United Nations’ for an opinion by the International Court of Justice now on “the legal status of the occupation”. The article is authored by international security expert Aynur Bashirova. She is the European desk coordinator of the Israel-based …

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