U.S., EU take differing approaches toward a fisheries subsidies agreement

The U.S. and the European Union appear to be taking different tacks on the issue of removing fisheries subsidies linked to overcapacity of vessels and overfishing, with close observers split over whether an agreement can be struck by the next WTO ministerial at the end of 2017. Following the United States' September announcement of the start of plurilateral negotiations among 13 nations at the World Trade Organization, which are aimed at eliminating subsidies linked to overfishing and illegal, unreported and...