Irschlinger, Tristan (2024) World trade organization talks on subsidies that contribute to over capacity and overfishing: What’s on the table? International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
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This update provides an overview of the draft text that constitutes the basis of current World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations on fisheries subsidies, which was circulated to WTO members by the chair of the Rules Negotiating Group, Ambassador Gunnarsson of Iceland, on April 12, 2024 (WTO, 2024b). The objective of these negotiations is to complement the existing WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies with additional disciplines on subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity. After providing some background on the recent history of negotiations and the current state of play, the update describes and explains succinctly the new rules that are envisaged, and it provides contextual information to help readers understand the dynamics that have led to particular provisions in the draft text. For each main component of the proposed new rules, a summary box is provided to outline the key elements of the disciplines.1 Finally, the update concludes by highlighting a few key considerations about the draft text from a sustainable development perspective.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | World Trade Organization, Fisheries Subsidies, Overfishing, Sustainable Development, Overcapacity, Fisheries Management, Conservation, Developing Countries, Small-scale Fisheries, Artisanal Fisheries |
| Subjects: | Decent Work |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Mar 2025 12:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 12:04 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21037 |
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