Rising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...

At the World Trade Organization, India advocated for stricter regulations on fishing subsidies, highlighting the disparity between its mode...

"India urged the members to introduce a moratorium on subsidies by Distant Water Fishing Nations for fishing or fishing-related activities ...

The signatories of the letter include the National Fishworkers Forum, National Platform for Small Scale Fish Workers, All India Fishers and...

“Developing Countries and Least Developed Countries have been allowed S&DT with no obligation to implement disciplines for a period of two ...

With the implementation of the agreement, India will be in a position to take action against subsidies provided to foreign vessels or opera...

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said the WTO should not negotiate rules on non-trade-related subjects like climate change and g...

His statement assumes significance in the wake of decisions on plurilaterals on environment, gender and MSMEs making their way into the dra...

New Delhi is keen to finalise the fisheries subsidies agreement in the upcoming Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) because irrationa...

Ambassador Santiago Wills, chair of Negotiating Group on Rules, earlier introduced a revised draft negotiating text ahead of a key minister...

Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will convey India's position to WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is on a three-day...

During the first stage, Ambassador Santiago Wills, Chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, will hold consultations in various formats. Und...

EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said though he agrees that vulnerable fishers in developing countries could benefit from some type...

The proposal is meant to protect the sovereignty of members in their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), which is the boundary of the sea zone e...

The US and EU have argued that the proposal before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – which seeks to exempt countries with national incom...

New Delhi’s statement comes in the wake of the multilateral trade body likely to consolidate views of member countries on the latest draft ...

India has sought a longer transition period to eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as part o...