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Negotiations on fisheries subsidies
The Doha Ministerial Conference launched
negotiations to clarify and improve WTO disciplines on fisheries
subsidies, and at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005 there was
broad agreement on strengthening those disciplines, including through a
prohibition of certain forms of fisheries subsidies that contribute to
overcapacity and overfishing. The challenge now facing the negotiators is
to develop stronger rules while respecting the important policy concerns
of WTO members, particularly developing and least-developed countries.
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