WTO rules negotiations chair plans three ‘Fish Weeks’ by end of 2027

WTO rules negotiations chair plans three ‘Fish Weeks’ by end of 2027

The chair of the World Trade Organization’s rules negotiations plans to hold three weeks of talks dedicated to a second-stage agreement on how to reduce harmful fisheries subsidies, he said at a meeting on Wednesday. WTO members in 2022 reached an accord on how to reduce subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, a deal that was lower in ambition than many countries had wanted. As part of that agreement, members ag…

WTO ramps up discussion on global fishing subsidy rules

'Our focus should be on taking a first step in a process that should, in due course, lead us towards the conclusion of our negotiations' -- Leslie Ramsammy, Guyana's representative at the WTO and chair of the rules committee