Co-chair of the negotiations, French ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, and the WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cheer at the conclusion of negotiations for a pandemic treaty on 16 April 2025. (WHO)

🤝Nations clinch pandemic treaty in sign that ‘multilateralism is alive and well’. World Health Organization member states have agreed on a plan to prevent, prepare for and respond to future global health crises – amid the glaring absence of the United States.

📉Trump tariffs will send global trade into reverse this year, warns WTO. Instead of an earlier growth forecast of 2.7 per cent the global trade body says trade will shrink by 0.2 per cent, with US-China commerce falling 81 to 91 per cent.

🇨🇳China unexpectedly anoints new trade negotiator amid US tariff war. The choice of Li Chenggang, Beijing’s ambassador to the WTO, seen as a “bulldog” by one observer, comes as relations hit a stalemate.

🔊Red Cross museum explores humanitarian universe of sound. An exhibit titled Tuning In presents archive audio, including speeches and reports filed from the ground by ICRC and IFRC representatives, as well as musical recordings from prisoners of war.