🟡 Negotiations for a landmark United Nations treaty to combat plastic pollution are confronting significant obstacles, with progress described as insufficient and a critical deadline fast approaching.
🟡 The average U.S. tariff rate has soared to 20.1%, the highest level since the early 1910s, according to new data from the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund.
🟡 Punishing new American tariffs went into effect, hitting Switzerland with a 39% rate that stands as the highest among developed nations and adding a new chapter to a global trade war.
🟡 The final session of negotiations for a global plastics treaty is marked by an unprecedented presence of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists.
🟡 A fragile ceasefire has been extended between Thailand and Cambodia, providing a temporary reprieve after five days of intense border clashes reignited a long-standing territorial dispute.
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