WTO members call for shift to textual discussions in fisheries talks

As the World Trade Organization’s eleventh ministerial conference in December draws closer, some members are pushing for the start of discussions on a consolidated textual proposal for a multilateral agreement on fisheries subsidies, which they hope can be produced by August, Geneva sources said in describing a Jan. 24 Negotiating Group on Rules session dedicated to the topic. Four proposals for a multilateral fisheries subsidies agreement are in play. The European Union, a group of six Latin American countries, and...