Cancellation of Convenience The WTO’s 12th ministerial conference scheduled to begin next week has reportedly been postponed due to news of a new COVID variant being circulated. The new variant provides a delay for a meeting that, at this juncture, did not have a lot of hope for agreement. There are never guarantees of agreement before many multilateral fora but perhaps even less when it comes to the WTO. New versions of text are still circulating, and members may meet virtually, but an organization as divided as this one could have benefited from direct, in-person negotiations. Fox in the Henhouse The new German government may include an agriculture minister coming from the Green Party. Reportedly, Steffi Lemke is in line fo...
Key Takeaways: On Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Russia will “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to the United States. The deal, typical of this administration, is light on details but promises an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 m...
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