Spain is making a contribution of €EUR 2 million to the WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism to assist developing members and least-developed country members in implementing the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies.…
Peru deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 19th July, bolstering the ranks of leading marine fishing producers that have affirmed support for the historic…
China has been quick to deposit its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies this week, confiming its support for the agreement. WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala received the…
The European Union has formally accepted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on behalf of its 27 Member States. The EU's acceptance brings the Agreement closer to…
WTO members were able to advance work on the second wave of fisheries subsidies negotiations during the second of a series of Fish Weeks. The chair of the negotiations, Ambassador…
The first African nation to formally accept the WTO fishing subsidies agreement, Seychelles deposited its instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 10th March. Acceptances from two-thirds…
After two decades of dialogue, trade ministers from 164 countries last week struck a last-minute deal on fisheries subsidies. Despite blocking measures by India, which threatened to derail the multilateral…
As WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies enter their final stage, and following two decades of wrangling, trade ministers from 164 countries are resolved to secure an agreement ahead of this…
World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the fisheries subsidies negotiations chair, Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia, have urged WTO members to prepare to make tough calls, paving the way…
European fishing industry body Europêche is giving its full support to an ambitious multilateral agreement with the aim of abolishing damaging fishery subsidies – stating that public aid needs to…