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Nations Near Agreement on a Global Plastics Treaty
Negotiators say a binding treaty to curb plastic pollution is within reach after a breakthrough session.
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Negotiators say a binding treaty to curb plastic pollution is within reach after a breakthrough session.
With the truce into its fourth week, the two sides have begun mediated negotiations toward a lasting agreement.
Three member states have ratified the cross-bloc trade agreement, starting the clock on tariff reductions.
The agreement opens preferential tariffs across two regions historically separated by geography rather than ambition.
Aid convoys are reaching previously cut-off areas as negotiators race against expiring deadlines.
Some regions have surpassed pre-pandemic visitor numbers; others remain 30% below.