Okonjo-Iweala calls for July ministerial as fisheries talks heat up

Hoping to press members into a midyear agreement, the World Trade Organization director-general plans to bring trade ministers together virtually in July in an effort to resolve political sticking points in the negotiations to curb harmful fisheries subsidies. The move comes as the talks have shifted into a higher gear, with both the chair, Colombian Ambassador Santiago Wills, and Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pushing members to narrow the remaining differences and come up with a deal ahead of the WTO’s 12th...