Why global plastic treaty talks collapsed

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The week-long global talks in Busan, South Korea, on curbing plastic pollution ended Sunday in failure to adopt a final legally binding treaty as countries could not reach an agreement on how to regulate plastic production. This was the fifth and final round of negotiations since March 2022, when the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) agreed to develop a legally binding treaty on plastics pollution by the end of 2024. Although the treaty was not finalised, discussions on the draft text of the treaty will continue next year. Why did the talks fail? The main dispute was regarding the demand...