Click here (opens Google Reader) to access my weekly selection of mainstream news articles covering rich world policies and practices that affect poor people in developing countries.This week's development news focused on the global trade talks and HIV/AIDS policy. After the U.S. Senate passed the PEPFAR reauthorization bill, journalists and pundits debated the future of the ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. Also, as the global trade talks continue in Geneva, rich countries and poor countries struggled to design an all-appeasing trade agreement.Sample articles:
A Shameful Ban (Washington Post, 7/24/08)As the Senate passed the PEPFAR reauthorization bill last week and directed $50 billion to halt the spread of HIV-AIDS in developing countries, they also eliminated the 21-year-old ban on HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. Even if the bill passes, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) maintains the final word on the ban. Although HHS officials previously expressed a willingness to remove the ban, they may delay the decision until the next administration takes office.
WTO Talks Face Collapse (Agence France-Presse, 7/25/08)As the global trade talks continue in Geneva, WTO head Pascal Lamy warns that a global free-trade pact faces collapse. Despite agricultural concessions by the U.S. and EU, rich and poor countries failed to arrive at a bargain that would push the Doha Round of global trade talks forward.
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