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SUNS # 8845 Wednesday 13 February 2019
 
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Trade : US denounced for proposing "differentiation" among South countries (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
China and India have denounced the United States for launching a "divisive" debate under the pretext of "development" to bring about "differentiation" among developing countries for availing speci al and differential flexibilities at the World Trade Organization, trade envoys to ld SUNS.

Trade : Korea can retaliate against US for $85 million annually over LRWs (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
An arbitrator at the World Trade Organisati on (WTO) has determined that Korea can seek authorisation from the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) to retaliate to the tune of nearly $85 million annual ly over the US failure to implement the WTO ruling over anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed by the US on large residential washers (LRWs) from Korea.

Argentina : Solar energy provides hope for poor neighbourhoods (PRIV)
(IPS, Buenos Aires)
Solar panels shine on the rooft op terraces of 10 neat buildings with perfectly straight lines and of uniform height, an image of modernity that contrasts with the precariously-built dwellings wit h unplastered concrete block walls just a few metres away, with rooms added i n a disorderly manner, surrounded by a tangle of electric cables.


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