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GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the World Trade Organization on Thursday expressed optimism about clinching a long-awaited deal to stop overfishing, even after some developing states criticised the draft agreement with India calling parts of it “unjust”.
FILE PHOTO: Workers offload tuna from a fishing boat in Port Victoria, August 4, 2008. REUTERS/George Thande/File Photo
The virtual conference in Geneva - the first meeting of WTO trade ministers since 2017 - was called to advance 20 years of talks aimed at fixing rules to curb harmful subsidies that lead to overfishing amid falling stocks.
The trade body has not reached a global deal in years and Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who took office in March, aims to reach agreement by year-end in what will be a key test for its credibility with members deadlocked on other fronts.
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