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Peter Ungphakorn
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In 🇨🇭, from all over. Mainly trade. Journalist. WTO Secretariat 1996-2015. Usual disclaimers. Member: http://fmg-geneva.org.

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All of these posts by @theobserveruk.bsky.social use [at]bit.ly as the URLs to link the articles
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
For some reason bluesky moderators @moderation.bsky.app‬ are labelling @theobserveruk.bsky.social as a spam account. Perhaps @theobserveruk.bsky.social should stop converting its URLs to [at]bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Yes. In some databases you can get the relevant paragraphs from the minutes. Here they give a link to the minutes but you have to find the relevant bit yourself
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Even more nerdy, the full text of the report. Sometimes organisations are functioning well, even though we never hear about them. I'm willing to bet that this will not be reported in the media. Please prove me wrong …

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Text: Secretariat report on resolution of WTO Goods Council trade concerns
How effective are the discussions in reducing trade conflict? In November 2025, the WTO Secretariat took a different approach. It asked WTO members
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November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Scotland couldn't quite get the third. I did learn that the Greek goalkeeper's name is Odisseas. Not that he's going anywhere in this tournament.
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The old long, rambling piece on @wto.org "fish" ratifications has now been separated into two and (hopefully) streamlined. The first part is ⬆️. This ⬇️ is the second part.

How will @noiweala.bsky.social achieve her ambition of 100% ratifications by march

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Cheer-leading had little effect on the WTO fish subsidies deal ratifications
The WTO has now gone quiet on ratifications of the Fish 1 agreement. Will the ambition for everyone to ratify by March 2026 be achieved?
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November 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I've no idea what a construction site in the US looks like, but in most places I know the houses are built by immigrants.
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I wasn't defending Robbie Gibb. I was defending the brilliant people who still work there despite Robbie Gibb. Dismissing them is a disservice to good work that still gets done.
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Perhaps they should have kept listening to the hundreds of BBC journalists who stayed and continue to supply brilliant reporting. Jeremy Bowen and Katie Razzall are just two who come to mind on the spur of the moment.
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Age? I can remember when Suez was cited as evidence that the BBC is independent. Youth is no excuse for those journalism students.

Counting people on demonstrations is notoriously difficult. "Million" was in the BBC headline even if attributed to the organisers.

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Brexit march: Million joined Brexit protest, organisers say
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November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM