Global summit opens with a split agenda on trade and climate finance
Delegations arrived with competing drafts, and negotiators say the gap between them is wider than at any point in the preparatory rounds.
Amina Yusuf7 min
Delegations arrived with competing drafts, and negotiators say the gap between them is wider than at any point in the preparatory rounds.
Amina Yusuf7 min
The document records partial implementation on three of seven commitments, and disputes over how the rest should be measured.
7 min
Revenue sharing between the centre and member states has returned to the floor, and both sides describe the talks as unusually technical.
8 min
The document records partial implementation on three of seven commitments, and disputes over how the rest should be measured.
7 min
Revenue sharing between the centre and member states has returned to the floor, and both sides describe the talks as unusually technical.
8 min
Customs harmonisation is moving faster than road and rail capacity, and hauliers report queues that offset the tariff savings.
5 min
New container capacity is pulling transshipment volumes away from established hubs, and freight operators are rewriting their schedules.
6 min
Policymakers left the benchmark unchanged and removed a line about future tightening from their statement.
4 min
Durable governance is rarely dramatic. That is precisely the argument for defending the unglamorous parts of the state.
5 min
If the public cannot follow where concessional money goes, accountability is theatre.
4 min
Burying a correction protects nobody except the people who made the error.
4 min
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