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India seeks strong WTO subsidy rules for high seas fishingAt the World Trade Organization, India advocated for stricter regulations on fishing subsidies, highlighting the disparity between its mode...
Fish talks at WTO unfair, unbalanced, say small scale fishersFisher organisations from multiple countries express concerns about unfair restrictions on small-scale fishers in developing countries in o...
View: Credibility of WTO rests on whether the more powerful member states can rise to the occasion in GenevaThe ministerial conference is the WTO's apex body, which has the authority to take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral t...
India wants WTO fish subsidies pact to be equitableNew Delhi is keen to finalise the fisheries subsidies agreement in the upcoming Twelfth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12) because irrationa...
India for 25 years exemption from subsidy cuts for developing nations not into distant water fishingIt has stated that countries which have developed industrial fishing should take more obligations based on CBDR (Common But Differentiated ...
India opposes WTO process on fisheries sopsNew Delhi's statement assumes significance as the members of the multilateral organisation aim to arrive at a deal to curb harmful fishery ...
Not blocking fish subsidy talks, says India at WTOCommerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will convey India's position to WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is on a three-day...
Hectic parleys to begin from September 1 in WTO to conclude negotiations on fisheries subsidies pactDuring the first stage, Ambassador Santiago Wills, Chair of the Negotiating Group on Rules, will hold consultations in various formats. Und...
Members pledged to conclude negotiations for fisheries subsidies pact soon: WTOIn a statement, WTO said the members edged closer on July 15 to an agreement which would set the new rules for the global fisheries industr...
Irrational subsidies, overfishing by many countries hurting Indian fishermen, says Piyush Goyal at WTOThe minister has also stated that the proposed agreement has to provide for current and future needs as the per capita fisheries subsidy gi...
India seeks fair WTO pact on fish subsidies, says limited S&DT inappropriate, unaffordable, unacceptableSpeaking strongly for the rights of developing countries at the ministerial meeting of the WTO on the crucial fisheries subsidy negotiation...
India may raise concerns on flexibilities to developing countries at key WTO meet on ThursdayWTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the chair of the negotiating group on rules Ambassador Santiago Wills of Colombia have asked t...
WTO convenes key meeting of trade ministers on July 15 on fisheries subsidiesHectic negotiations are going on in Geneva on the matter. The objective of these negotiations is to discipline subsidies with the overall o...
WTO fisheries subsidies: Few developing nations seek complete exemptions for poor fishermenThese countries have also sought more time to implement the norms or disciplines, which would be finalised after complete negotiations, on ...
Pact to end harmful fish subsidies difficult without special and differential treatment: IndiaNew Delhi’s statement comes in the wake of the multilateral trade body likely to consolidate views of member countries on the latest draft ...
- Govt rejects WTO draft fisheries pact
India and Indonesia have rejected the draft agreement on regulating fisheries subsidies that was circulated by the chairman of the negotiat...
- Govt opposes curbs on fisheries subsidy at WTO
Govt has opposed the new multilateral rules on fishery suggested at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could endanger the livelihood o...