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22/07/24 Op Ed: Small-Scale Fishers facing Large-Scale Challenges at WTO
A decision whether to conclude negotiations that prohibit subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity is happening next week at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO General Council meeting follows the failure to conclude talks earlier this year at the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, where some Members rejected the proposed agreement as being unbalanced and in the favour of the big subsidisers.
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4/04/24 Op Ed: It's time Fisheries subsidy talks properly address the issue of distant water fishing and sustainability
The recent World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference failed to deliver a number of outcomes, most noticeably an agreement to end subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity. As discussions resume at the WTO in Geneva there is now an opportunity for the talks to take a turn for the better and target those most responsible for overfishing.
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15/03/24 Op Ed: Debt response, like the new Development Plan must Involve Communities
What Fiji's economic development and growth pathway looks like is crucial to dealing both with the serious debt situation but also the broader challenge of ensuring that the economy supports people, communities and the environment.
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2/03/24 WTO Fish talks Collapse, Avoid a Bad Deal: PANG
Global fish talks to curb harmful subsidies have failed to reach agreement at the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial this morning, an outcome the Pacific Network on Globalisation believes avoids the acceptance of a bad deal.
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28/02/24 Fisherfolk and Civil Society Call for WTO Fisheries Subsidies talks to target the problem, not small-scale fishers
Today in Abu Dhabi at the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference (MC13) fisherfolk representatives have called on the global trading body to not trade away supports for small-scale fishers.
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26/02/24 Pacific Groups join global call for WTO to target big fishing fleets
Pacific civil society groups have joined others from around the world in an open letter calling on trade negotiators at this week's World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial to ensure that any outcome on fisheries subsidies targets those fleets most responsible for overfishing, protects small-scale fishers and doesn't stop small-island stated from developing their own fishing fleets.
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20/02/24 Media Statement: Fiji’s high debt levels calls for collective action
A joint statement from PANG, Third World Network, PICAN, FCOSS, SEEP, PYC, and FPSA regarding the release of the new report on Fiji’s national debt.
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15/09/23 Press Release: Large-scale fleets should be target of fish subsidies talks, WTO hears
World Trade Organization (WTO) ambassadors, government officials and civil society representatives heard a range of perspectives on the importance of allowing for development in any further agreement on fisheries subsidies in the WTO.
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08/08/23 Article: Blue Economy: Industrialization and Militarization of Oceans?
Published in the “Development” Journal, this article looks at how ocean industrialization and militarization is taking place under the guise of development and the blue economy framework. The article examines infrastructure funding, deep sea mining, fisheries subsidies, and biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
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26/5/23 Op Ed: Empty promises and prospects: The US-led Economic Agreement is a liability for Fiji
This weekend in Detroit, Trade Ministers from eleven countries will be meeting for the latest round of negotiations on a secretive geopolitical and economic agreement aimed to curtail China. For Fiji , the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is marked by its lack of transparency and economic benefit but also its geopolitical risks.
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6/4/23 Op Ed: Mended region sails into Indo-Pacific headwinds
Regionalism has been reshaped into a hegemonic likeness defined by the US and its allies. The Blue Pacific era driven by Pacific Island leadership has sailed by – welcome to the Indo-Pacific era!
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24/11/22 Interview: Caught in a net: Making the WTO fisheries subsidies agreement work for development and sustainability?
PANG interviews South Centre TDP Senior Programme Officer, Peter Lunenborg on his views and opinion of the recently established Fisheries Subsidies Agreement in the Pacific.
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24/11/22 Op Ed: Credibility of WTO questioned in pushing fisheries subsidies agreement
WTO members’ credibility is being questioned after their approval of a provisional agreement on fisheries subsidies in the Pacific ocean
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11/11/22 Op Ed: WTO fisheries agreement will not help poverty alleviation in least developed countries
WTO must heed the call by small fisherfolks and discipline those responsible for the negative impacts of fisheries subsidies, says PANG Campaigner as 16 percent of the total global fisheries subsidies reach the small-scale fishers while at least 90 percent to large scale industrialised fisheries
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5/9/22 Op Ed: U.S looking to lock in Pacific with New Economic Framework
This Week Trade Ministers from eleven countries will meet with the view to launch negotiations for an Indo-Pacific economic agreement. This agreement, the Indo Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) is being spearheaded by the United States and includes the participation of Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, among others and from the Pacific Islands, Fiji.