WTO fisheries negotiators aim for consolidated text well before MC12

To get a deal on fisheries subsidies done by the World Trade Organization ministerial conference in June, negotiators will have to put together a consolidated negotiating text well before -- potentially as soon as early April, the chair of the talks said this week. Colombian Ambassador to the WTO Santiago Wills, who chairs the negotiations on how to rein in harmful fisheries subsidies, reported progress in the talks to the heads of delegations on Thursday, emphasizing the need for “pragmatism”...