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UN Official Seeks G20 Focus on Inequality, Global Taxation
August 03, 2018
In a speech to Group of 20 (G20) finance ministers in Buenos Aires, UN Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner called for national financial policies that aim to achieve key UN social and environmental objectives, including reducing economic inequality and introducing “a coherent set of international tax rules.”
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Caspian Countries Commit to Environmental Assessments
August 03, 2018
Five countries abutting the Caspian Sea - Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan - have signed an Environmental Impact Assessment Protocol agreeing to evaluate the environmental effects of their development and economic policies on other signatories.
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NGOs Call for Investor-State Arbitration Restrictions in Tanzania Treaty
August 03, 2018
Christopher Kidanka reports that nongovernmental organizations are calling for the revision of the Dutch bilateral investment treaty with Tanzania to restrict the ability of companies to file complaints against the Tanzanian government using an investor-state dispute settlement system alleging harm due to new government rules and regulations.
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NGOs Object to Business Influence in Asia-Pacific Trade Talks
August 03, 2018
Pavan Kulkarni writes that nongovernmental organizations are warning that businesses are having an “undue influence” on the negotiation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, a trade deal among Asia-Pacific countries, Australia, and New Zealand, calling for governments to perform a human rights impact assessment of the deal prior to its agreement.
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US Resists IP Flexibilities Statement in Tuberculosis Declaration
August 03, 2018
Intellectual Property Watch reports that, due to opposition from the US delegation, a recently finalized UN Political Declaration on the Fight Against Tuberculosis contains no operative statement encouraging countries to exercise WTO-recognized IP flexibilities in licensing the manufacture of low-cost drugs to combat the disease.
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