Negotiating Group on Rules - Fisheries Subsidies - Paper from Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Iceland; New Zealand; Pakistan; Peru and the United States
- Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Iceland; New Zealand; Pakistan; Peru and the United States
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World Trade
Organization TN/RL/W/196
22 November 2005 (05-5525) Negotiating Group on Rules Original: English
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
Paper from Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Iceland;
New Zealand; Pakistan; Peru and the United States
The following document communication, received on 22 November 2005, is being circulated at the request of New Zealand.
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Introduction
1. Over the past year, the Negotiating Group on Rules has made good progress in responding to the Doha Declaration call for improved disciplines in fisheries subsidies. Such progress is welcome, although Members will clearly need to intensify their work following the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting if we are to achieve a substantial result.
2. The reasons for singling out fisheries subsidies for particular focus in the Rules negotiations remain as valid now as they did at Doha. Concerns about the potentially harmful trade, development and environmental