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‘Can’t fight COVID-19 alone’: ASEAN leaders call for collaboration in food security and open trade
Pearly Neo, Food Navigator-Asia.com Country leaders of all the member states comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...


WTO and IMF urge nations to lift trade restrictions amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jacob Dougherty, Jurist The heads of the international agencies said that the trade restrictions on supplies used to fight COVID-19 could...


U.S. and Brazil Business Organizations Urge First Phase of a Bilateral Trade Agreement in 2020 
US Chamber of Commerce Leading business organizations from the United States and Brazil, sent a letter to the governments of both...


AfDB calls for strong US, Africa partnership beyond COVID-19
Ernest Chanda, The Mast The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for sustainable partnerships between the US and Africa that should...


Calibrating the COVID-19 Crisis Response to the SDGs
The COVID-19 pandemic has also morphed into a larger and more global economic and social crisis than the financial collapse of 2008-2009.


Presidents of Bulgaria and Georgia discussed readiness to boost trade after the coronavirus
novinite.com The development of the transport, energy and digital corridors in the Black Sea region will be particularly important after...


Ideas for US-India cooperation on trade in the health sector in the time of COVID-19
Mark Linscott, Atlantic Council According to Global Trade Alert, fifty-four countries have applied new trade restrictions on medical...


Greek-US trade and investment relations at the forefront of economic diplomacy
The National Herald The strong bonds between Greece and the US were highlighted at a round table digital discussion by the US think tank...


Egypt sends military plane filled with medical aid to help U.S. with coronavirus
Michelle Boorstein and Sudarsan Raghavan, The Washington Post Egypt sent medical supplies to the United States as part of efforts to aid...


NATO warns allies to block China buying spree
Teri Schultz, Deutsche Welle Will the financial fallout from COVID-19 make European infrastructure vulnerable to the Chinese government's...


COVID-19 - Joint declaration of the alliance for multilateralism
Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs "diplomatie" A declaration signed by 24 countries calling for a multifaceted, cooperative approach...


America, China and saving the WHO
Kevin Rudd, The Economist The crisis exposes realities for what they are. The uncomfortable truth about the current coronavirus crisis is...


How global public health could revive multilateralism
Arancha Gonzalez, Public Syndicate In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, national responses are vital, but in the medium term,...


Despite New China-Africa Tension, Beijing Has a Pivotal Role to Play in Africa's COVID-19 Recovery
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations Videos and images have surfaced showing young African men being dragged in handcuffs by...


Calibrating the COVID-19 Crisis Response to the SDGs
Kevin P. Gallagher, William R. Kring and Jose Antonio Ocampo, UN News The COVID-19 pandemic has also morphed into a larger and more...


Indonesia joins multilateral response to COVID-19
Dian Septiari, The Jakarta Post Indonesia has joined a group of like-minded countries to address certain challenges in the COVID-19...


Focus on multilateralism in anti-virus fight
Sun Zhuangzhi, China Daily The novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc in almost all countries and there is no sign of the outbreak slowing....


Trump aides consider creating alternative to WHO
Nahal Toosi, Politico Aides to President Donald Trump are debating some potentially far-reaching moves to punish the World Health...


Multilateralism is a tangible remedy for the world’s pandemic problem
Sinem Cengiz, Arab News Society is already evolving as a result of the current crisis and this evolution will bring change in a number of...


Multilateral paradigm needed for UN reform
Carolina Romano, ChinaDaily It is essential to apply UN reform that stands for a different paradigm, one based on an integrated,...
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