Reporter’s notebook, day 5: Fishing for a deal, hoping for a resurrection

ABU DHABI -- Hope springs eternal for fisheries negotiators at the World Trade Organization’s 13th ministerial conference, as those talks are the only ones that have made any progress on Friday. Agriculture and e-commerce negotiations appear dead, but could be resurrected if India softens its stance on public stockholding, according to officials. A potential phase-two deal on fisheries subsidies is what negotiators are expending most of their energy on as of Friday evening. Many officials view an agreement as possible,...