That was June 2022. This is late 2024. And the agreement still isn’t in force anywhere in the world. Speaks volumes for governments’ commitment to sustainability| Trade β Blog
The cast-aside draft Article 5 on subsidies causing overcapacity and overfishing, with the chair’s commentary| Trade β Blog
Timeline with links to some key documents and news. From 2024| Trade β Blog
I used to work at the WTO Secretariat (1996–2015), and am now an occasional freelance journalist, focusing mainly on international trade rules, agreements and institutions. (Previously, analysis fo…| Trade β Blog
Timeline with links to some key documents and news, 2020–2023| Trade β Blog
Thirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference| www.wto.org
At the close of the sixth Fish Week of the year held on 9-13 October, the chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, lauded members’ efforts in completing the first line-by-line reading of the draft text on disciplines to curb fisheries subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing. The chair said that the resulting compilation of members’ suggested adjustments to the draft text should help members to analyse the remaining divergences a...| www.wto.org
The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, adopted at the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) on 17 June 2022, marks a major step forward for ocean sustainability by prohibiting harmful fisheries subsidies, which are a key factor in the widespread depletion of the world’s fish stocks. The Agreement represents a historic achievement for the membership as the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target to be fully met, the first SDG target met through a multilateral agreement, the first WTO...| www.wto.org
The chair of the fisheries subsidies negotiations, Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland, introduced a draft text on curbing subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing at the opening of the fifth “Fish Week” on 18 September, drawing from previous negotiating texts and proposals. The chair explained that his intention is for the text to serve as a common starting point for members as they seek to deepen discussions and complete substantive work on the second wave of fisheries ...| www.wto.org
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Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development| sdgs.un.org
