This is a temporary post created to allow a notification to be sent by email to subscribers. October 1, 2025The US repeated its rejection of the current draft in the negotiations on subsidies that …| Trade β Blog
The WTO leadership’s focus is entirely on celebrating the “entry into force”. But that conceals serious flaws. Some of the biggest fishing nations have opted out, so well over a quarter of the glob…| Trade β Blog
Despite overwhelming support for his draft, departing chair Gunnarsson sees little chance of quick agreement as a few members drag the talks backwards| 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
The talks’ chair asked members ‘whether continuing our negotiations in the same way as we have been doing over the last several years, and grounded in the MC12 mandate, will lead us to success’…| Trade β Blog
Three critical papers from India suggest consensus is still as elusive as it was in Abu Dhabi, despite efforts to conclude before the summer break| Trade β Blog
Timeline with links to some key documents and news, 2020–2023| Trade β Blog
