102 members have ratified. 63 members still have not. 9 more are needed to activate the agreement in ratifying countries. Those subsidies are still not being curbed. Who’s to blame?| Trade β Blog
The claim will be challenged since the 2022 agreement is not in force anywhere and it omits the key point of Target 14.6: overcapacity and overfishing| Trade β Blog
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
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
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
