Negotiating Group on Rules - Additional Views on the Structure of the Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations - Communication from the United States
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World Trade
Organization TN/RL/W/169
13 December 2004
(04-5488) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English
ADDITIONAL VIEWS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES NEGOTIATIONS
Communication from the United States
The following submission, dated 13 December 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States.
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The United States, along with other WTO Members, applauds the good progress that has been made in the fisheries subsidies negotiations to date. In particular, at the last several meetings of the Negotiating Group on Rules Members have engaged in a wide-ranging discussion concerning the appropriate structure of the negotiations. Many Members, including the United States, consider it essential to get the framework for the negotiations right from the outset.
A submission by six Members, discussed at the November 2004 meeting, persuasively summarized the advantages of an approach – the s