EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING COLLAPSES WITHOUT DEAL
January 1st, 2018
THE WORLD Trade Organisation’s (WTO) latest ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December, failed to agree detailed policy for the global body, other than a commitment to negotiate a deal limiting fishing subsidies by next December (2018). A new agriculture agreement covering all food and drink remained elusive, with the USA calling for “plurilateral” agreements of “like-minded countries” going forward, that can be adopted by WTO member states after being concluded. This was a better approach than trying to strike a consensual deal ...
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