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Ryan Calls for US-UK Trade Deal

July 01, 2016

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan has called for leaders to initiate talks on a trade deal between the US and the UK to take effect soon after the conclusion of negotiations between Britain and the EU that will result in the UK's departure from the bloc.
Ministers Launch Energy Secretariat on Climate Goals

June 30, 2016

As part of their climate commitments at the recent Clean Energy Ministerial held in San Francisco, energy ministers from around the world agreed to an international secretariat that would support progress toward emissions pledges made under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris last year.
Paper: US, UK Should Enter Free Trade Deal

June 29, 2016

Ted Bromund and Nile Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation write that a UK exit from the EU means the US and UK should form a "Free Trade Area" and the US should cease its support for the EU at the expense of national sovereignty.
OECD Seeks Income Equality Measures in US

June 29, 2016

As part of its explanation of the US's mediocre economic growth forecast, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development blames income inequality and calls for the US to respond by improving opportunities for a number of groups.
OSCE Presents Standards on Defamation of Foreign Leaders

June 27, 2016

Arguing that such laws have a chilling effect on freedom of expression and of the press, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has called on countries to repeal laws criminalizing media "defamation" of foreign leaders.
OSCE Official Criticizes Russian News Aggregator Law

June 27, 2016

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has criticized Russian legislation imposing an administrative penalty on online news aggregators that fail to verify the content they distribute.
OSCE Official Sets out Standards on Accreditation

June 23, 2016

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has published global standards on the accreditation of journalists that call on governments not to use accreditation as a precondition for entry into a country.
Experts Issue Warning on Internet Transfer

June 23, 2016

Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Paul Rosenzweig of Red Branch Consulting warn that the transfer of oversight over the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to a multistakeholder group including foreign governments may endanger internet autonomy and violate US law.
US Supports Plans for Internet Oversight Transfer

June 20, 2016

The US Commerce Department has announced that it is supporting plans developed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for transferring oversight of the functioning of the internet from the US to a "multistakeholder" international entity.
NGOs Seek ICC Scrutiny of Mexican Drug Violence

June 20, 2016

In its report on violent crimes committed in Mexico's drug war, the Open Society Justice Initiative indicated that multiple nongovernmental organizations in Mexico have asked the International Criminal Court to investigate the Mexican government for "crimes against humanity" in the conflict.