WTO fisheries chair touts ‘successful’ week of meetings, urges new proposals

Editor's note: This story was updated after initial publication to include a comment from the U.S. mission in Geneva. “Fish Week” meetings this week focused on sustainability and special and differential treatment were “very successful,” the chair of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies negotiations said on Friday, urging delegations to put forward new proposals ahead of the next slate of meetings next month. The chair of the negotiations, Icelandic Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson, convened small-group meetings throughout the week...