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#180 THE G|O BRIEFING, MAY 17, 2024

A Tax on Streaming? Epic Battle Rages at the WTO | UAE Rejects UN Criticism of Abusive Anti-Terrorism Charges | In Geneva, the First AI Arms Control Talks? | Op-Ed: The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

Paying Customs Duties to Stream Movies? An Epic Battle is Raging at the World Trade Organization

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Paying Customs Duties to Stream Movies? An Epic Battle is Raging at the World Trade Organization

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Exclusive: Concerned About an Unrealistic Deadline to Conclude a Pandemic Agreement, Some Countries Now Seek an Alternative Face-Saving Solution

Some Countries Now Seek an Alternative Face-Saving Solution

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The Urgency of Reform Is Now Clear for All to See

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“Drama” in Geneva Is What Ngozi Asked for—and It Looks Like She’s Got It

The Clock Is Once Again Ticking at a Paralyzed World Trade Organization. Will It Spring Back to Life?

Setting a short deadline to increase pressure is as old a technique as negotiations themselves. But this time, several trade diplomats in Geneva told me, if a solution can't be found by February 24 to the deadlock that has been hobbling the World Trade Organization (WTO), the fear

#153 The G|O Briefing, October 5, 2024

The IOM's Amy Pope, Unfiltered | "Current Global Migration Governance Framework Is Woefully Inadequate" | Emerging Nations Bring Deforestation Regulation Grievances to Geneva | China Re-ignites Cold War Debate Over Human Rights

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Green Geopolitics Is Turning Red at the WTO

Accusing the EU of being deaf to their grievances, several emerging countries have decided to escalate their fight against the EU’s new Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products.

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International Geneva’s continued love affair with FIFA

“The leadership of football does not answer to the court of public opinion; it responds to its own constituency. Its leaders depend for their survival on those whom they ought to reform; power in FIFA is a political cartel."

Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

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Reports of the death of the WTO are premature—or are they?

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