WTO Members Conduct Line-by-Line Reading of 2nd Fisheries Subsidies Text
World Trade Organization members wrapped up the sixth negotiation session on the second fisheries deal, dubbed the sixth "Fish Week," held Oct. 9-13 (see 2310100019), the WTO said. During the meeting, members held the first "line-by-line reading of the draft…
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text," which covers tools to lower fisheries subsidies leading to overcapacity and overfishing. Iceland's Einar Gunnarsson, chair of the negotiations, urged members to encourage their senior officials to enter "full negotiating mode" during the Oct. 23-24 high-level meeting, which is scheduled to cover the "various streams of ongoing work at the WTO."