SA close to signing up to WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies
Local players say the agreement will help level the playing field with their offshore counterparts
11 September 2023 - 14:41
SA is inching closer to adopting the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agreement on fisheries subsidies after a decade of negotiations, with local players saying the pact will help level the playing field with their offshore counterparts.
Department of environment, forestry and fisheries spokesperson Peter Mbelengwa said the agreement on fisheries subsidies seeks to establish for the first time a binding set of global rules to curb harmful fishing subsidies that are provided by several foreign governments to the fishing sector...
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