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Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
WTO ministerial in Cameroon may discuss reforms, agriculture, e-commerce moratoriumTrade ministers from 166 nations will convene in Yaounde, Cameroon, from March 26-29, 2026, for the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference. Key di...
WTO Fisheries Agreement: India’s concerns, past opposition, and the road aheadIndia’s decision to ratify the WTO’s Fisheries Subsidies Agreement is a strategic move that balances sustainability with the need to suppor...
Delhi moves to ratify WTO fish pact, seeks cushion for developing nationsIndia is ratifying the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, advocating for stricter rules for nations historically providing high subsidie...
50 developing nations back India’s push for fairer WTO fish subsidy rulesAround 50 developing nations support India's stance on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization. India advocates for per capita ...
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...
WTO NGO Advisory appoints Indian in 12 member bodyDr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has appointed Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General of CU...
WTO members overcome impasse, appoint chairs for negotiationsThe impasse caused by infighting between countries has lasted around six months and was becoming a source of frustration for countries and ...
WTO chief rebukes countries over stalled fishing negotiationsThe WTO broke a multi-year deal-making drought in June by clinching a series of agreements at a major trade conference in Geneva in June, i...
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 ...
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 ...
India to push for easy movement of healthcare pros, affordable medical goods at WTO meet todayAbout 20 trade ministers are participating in the mini-ministerial and Covid-19 response and fish subsidies negotiations are on the agenda,
US, EU oppose India's subsidy cut waiver proposalThe US and EU have argued that the proposal before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) – which seeks to exempt countries with national incom...
India to resist interim ban on fisheries sopsThe 164 members of the World Trade Organization are divided over the kind of prohibitions to be put in place for the fish subsidies and som...
Suresh Prabhu seeks cut in large farm subsidies of developed countries at WTO meetCommerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu who led discussions on behalf of the developing world, also reiterated India's commitment to t...
- Developing countries oppose planned subsidy cuts for fisheries
Developing countries, including India, Brazil, China and Mexico, have called for exclusion of small and marginal fishermen from the multila...
- Restrictions on helping Indian fishermen unacceptable: Nath
India has said it will not accept provisions under the ongoing WTO talks that restrict it from addressing livelihood concerns of poor fishe...
- 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...
- US, India fail to break Doha deadlock
While the high-level meeting could not arrive at a consensus on key issues holding up the talks, the bilateral meeting signifies that the t...