The United States and the European Union agreed to a truce (NYT) on a seventeen-year dispute over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. The announcement came hours before a summit aimed at boosting transatlantic cooperation.
 
The agreement will extend the suspension of an estimated $11.5 billion in tariffs for five years. The White House also announced that a new U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council will coordinate standards for fields including artificial intelligence and biotechnologies and efforts to make supply chains more resilient. During today’s summit, the two sides are expected to discuss challenges posed by China and Russia (AP). The meeting comes on the heels of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit yesterday, during which the alliance’s communiqué described Chinese actions as a security challenge (NYT) for the first time. Beijing’s mission to the EU said the statement was a “slander of China’s peaceful development” (FT).

The International Criminal Court (ICC) sought permission to investigate (Rappler) suspected extrajudicial killings during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s crackdown on drugs in 2011–19.
 
This Backgrounder looks at the role of the ICC.
 
China: A foreign ministry spokesperson said there were no signs of abnormalities (Reuters) at a nuclear power plant in Guangdong Province after CNN reported a potential radioactive leak. The plant’s French joint operator said the plant was having a “performance issue” (AP) but that it was within safety limits.

Human Rights Watch said the United Nations improperly collected and shared data (AFP) from more than eight hundred thousand Rohingya refugees with the Bangladeshi government, as many refugees likely did not understand their information could be shared with Myanmar, the country they fled. The rights monitor called for an investigation, while the United Nations defended its practices.
 
Afghanistan: The head of U.S. Central Command told Voice of America that, following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States would only conduct air strikes in the country in the case of a planned attack on the U.S. homeland or a U.S. partner.
 
This In Brief discusses what to know about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

NATO officials are holding talks with Qatar on whether the country will host a base where Afghan special forces can be trained following the alliance’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, Reuters reports.
 
Egypt/Saudi Arabia: The suspected Saudi killers of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi picked up lethal drugs in Cairo, Egypt, in 2018 on their way to Turkey, where Khashoggi was assassinated, Yahoo News reports.

A witness told Reuters that at least fifteen army recruits died in a suicide bombing at a military training camp in the Somali capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
 
Uganda: A military court released on bail eighteen supporters (Reuters) of the opposition leader known as Bobi Wine. Security forces have detained hundreds of Wine’s supporters since last year.
 
For the Africa in Transition blog, CFR’s Michelle Gavin discusses Uganda’s undemocratic January elections, in which Wine challenged President Yoweri Museveni.

Australia and the United Kingdom agreed on the broad framework of a trade deal (AP) that would eliminate tariffs on a range of products. It is the first trade deal that the UK has negotiated from scratch after leaving the EU.

Mexico shipped (Bloomberg) four hundred thousand doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Belize, Bolivia, and Paraguay, and it will soon donate batches to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The vaccines were produced locally in a partnership with Argentina.
 
Canada: A man accused of attacking a Muslim family with a truck in Ontario earlier this month will face terrorism charges (CBC), prosecutors announced. A nine-year-old boy is the only survivor of the attack.

The White House issued a statement supporting legislation (CNN) in the House of Representatives to repeal the 2002 authorization to use military force in Iraq. Last year, the House approved a motion to repeal the authorization, but it was opposed by the Donald Trump administration and was not taken up in the Senate.