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MC12 – Fish subsidies agreement: what is left for ministers to decide

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The final draft of a new WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies was submitted to trade ministers late on Wednesday (24 November), as officials in Geneva made their final push towards what would be the organisation’s first major multilateral agreement in more than 20 years.
MC12, Perspectives, WTO crisis and reform
Perspectives: MC12 – What we need to hear is the message that the WTO has a future

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The expected outcomes from the coming 12th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization will likely be disappointing overall. But members of the global trade institution still have the chance to make a difference – through showing genuine support for its role.
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Extension of WTO e-commerce moratorium still not settled as MC12 looms

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The world’s trade ministers will arrive in Geneva next week with a very full agenda of still-unresolved items in front of them – including the continuation of a longstanding moratorium on charging import duties on digital transactions.
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MC12 ‘on a knife-edge’ as General Council debates key dossiers

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The success of the twelfth WTO ministerial conference in Geneva next week is currently poised “on a knife-edge”, in the assessment of WTO officials, with negotiations set to go to the wire on a number of key dossiers, write Chris Horseman and Rob Francis.
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WTO: Agriculture ambitions scaled back ahead of MC12

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The aims for an outcome on agriculture at the upcoming WTO ministerial conference have become clearer – and they can be summarised as ‘agree on limiting export restrictions, and agree to keep talking about everything else’.