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The WTO talks on fisheries subsidies resume with pressure on marine resources and economic inequity on the line
2020-01-22
15 January 2020: The World Trade Organization resumed talks on fishing subsidies last week. Globally, governments spend an estimated US$35 billion a year on fishing subsidies. About 63% of such
40 organizations call on Commissioners Vella and Malmström to uphold subsidies ban on new fishing vessels
2018-09-25
13 September 2018 – In a letter, 40 environmental organizations call for the European Commission to uphold the current State Aid Guidelines to the fisheries sector and prevent subsidies for the
Fisheries Subsidies Rules at the WTO: A compilation of evidence and analysis (ICTSD)
2018-05-18
At the WTO’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in December 2017, ministers adopted a Decision on Fisheries Subsidies re-committing WTO members to implement their existing notification obligations on subsidies provided to fishing
