Battle lines are being drawn in the World Trade Organization’s Doha fisheries subsidies negotiations as members take sides over the draft text on subsidies contributing to overcapacity and overfishing prepared by the negotiations chair, according to people familiar with the developments.
At the Doha trade negotiations committee meeting last week, Chair Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland made it known that the draft disciplines, including the alleged “free pass” given to big subsidizers engaged in distant water fishing with easily circumvented notification requirements, will remain unchanged, said people familiar with the discussions.
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