WTO fish sops pact: Draft leaves out India’s proposals, 25 year exemption cut to 7 years - Economic Times


6/11/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Kirtika Suneja

The draft also allows only seven years transition period for developing countries as against Indias proposal that developing countries not engaged in distant water fishing should be exempt from overfishing subsidy prohibitions for 25 years. Fishing beyond 200…

In a setback to India, the draft agreement on fisheries subsidies at the World Trade Organization (WTO) has done away with New Delhis proposals to put an end to non-specific fuel subsidies or those t… [+1944 chars]

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