Okonjo-Iweala: No progress this week in fish talks would be ‘substantial blow’

World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is ratcheting up the pressure on members to conclude an agreement curbing harmful fisheries subsidies as quickly as possible, warning members on Monday – at the start of a weeklong heads-of-delegations negotiating session – that no progress this week would be a “substantial blow.” “[C]oncluding these negotiations is a top priority for this organization, not only for the fisheries, but also for the WTO system,” Okonjo-Iweala insisted, according to a copy of her remarks...