Bhatnagar, Mukesh (2021) Emerging disciplines on fisheries subsidies negotiations in the WTO and the relationship with other international instruments on fisheries — A Tight rope walk. Trade, Law and Development, India. ISBN 0975-3346
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Fisheries subsidies negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) were launched in 2001 under the Doha Round. The negotiations are primarily aimed at preserving environmental sustainability, by seeking to prohibit harmful fisheries subsidies that may contribute to over-exploitation of marine resources or may support Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The negotiations have traversed a long journey with several missed deadlines. The United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) Target 14.6 adopted in 2015 gave impetus to conclude these negotiations by 2020. Additionally, appropriate and effective special and differential treatment (S&DT) for developing countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has also been an integral part of these negotiations. As the negotiations approach the finish line towards the forthcoming WTO Ministerial meeting to be held from November 30, 202 to December 3, 2021, negotiations are at a frantic pace to conclude.** Several contentious issues remain to be resolved viz. treatment of non-specific fuel subsidies; what should be the approach to prohibit subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing; what should be the S&DT for developing countries; dispute settlement, etc. The new fisheries subsidies instrument will have an interface with the existing framework of international agreements, conventions, and instruments which govern the marine resources or deal with maritime jurisdiction or rights of coastal states under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This article attempts to examine the challenges the negotiators have faced in crafting the new disciplines with an attempt to find a balance between the rights and obligations of Members under existing international instruments on fisheries and the new obligations that will emerge from the disciplines. It is a tight rope walk for Members to conclude the final phase of these negotiations.
| Item Type: | Books |
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| Keywords: | Fisheries Subsidies, World Trade Organization (WTO), Instruments, Marine Resources, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing, United Nations, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, Developed Countries, Convention, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Fisheries Legislation, Special and Differential Treatments (S and D) |
| Subjects: | Fisheries Trade |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2022 10:39 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2022 10:39 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/11562 |
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