WTO: Eight years on, US continues to paralyse dispute settlement system (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
For the 94th time in close to eight years, the United States on 27 January blocked a joint proposal from 130 countries for expeditiously filling all seven vacancies on the World Trade Organization's Appellate Body, stating that the fundamental concerns raised by Washington about the dispute settlement system have not been addressed, said people familiar with the development.

Trade: India-EU FTA - a "one way street" for EU's exports to India? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
Amid a cacophony of exclamation marks, India and the European Union on 27 January selectively announced the details of their Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Rights: UN alarmed by US decision to end legal aid for migrant children (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
United Nations human rights experts have raised alarm over the United States' decision to terminate federal funding for legal services for unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings.