No WTO fisheries deal soon as chair withdraws General Council proposal

The World Trade Organization will not close out the year with a deal capping the second phase of the fisheries subsidies negotiations after the chair of the talks on Friday withdrew a proposed decision to approve the text from the agenda of next week’s General Council meeting. Icelandic Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson said his delegation withdrew two draft decisions related to fisheries subsidies from the agenda for the meeting, set to take place on Monday and Tuesday. At a Trade Negotiations...