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Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
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Norwegian Ministry of Trade,Industry and Fisheries
Geir Evensen
Workshop, Visakhapatnam 25 September 2016
WTO AND FISH TRADE, SUBSIDIES AND
RELATED ISSUES
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• WTO IN GENERAL
• WTO AND FISH
• BASIC PRINCIPLES
• FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
• NORWEGIAN EXPERIENCES
Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
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WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
• ESTABLISHED 1 JANUARY 1995
• 164 MEMBERS
• PROVIDES A FORUM FOR NEGOTIATING
AGREEMENTS AIMED AT REDUCING OBSTACLES TO
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ENSURING A LEVEL
PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL
• PROVIDES A LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORK FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION AND
MONITORING OF THESE AGREEMENTS, AS WELL AS
FOR SETTLING DISPUTES
• 16 MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS
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DOHA-ROUND
• STARTED IN 2001
• DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA
• INCLUDES "RULES"
• WHY THE DIFFICULTIES?
• RESTARTING THE NEGOTIATIONS ON
FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
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WTO AND FISH
• IN CONTRAST TO AGRICULTURE FISH
AND FISH PRODUCTS ARE INCLUDED IN
THE DEFINITION OF INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTS
• IT HAS TO APPLY TO THE GENERAL WTO
RULES AND PRINCIPLES
• THE NAMA NEGOTIATIONS WHICH IS
ABOUT REDUCING TARIFFS AND NON –
TARIFF BARRIERS IS OF PARTICULAR
INTERESTS
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PRINCIPLES
THE WTO'S FOUNDING AND GUIDING
PRINCIPLES REMAIN THE PURSUIT OF
OPEN BORDERS, THE GUARANTEE OF
MOST–FAVOURED-NATION PRINCIPLE
AND NON-DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT
BY AND AMONG MEMBERS, AND A
COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY IN
THE CONDUCT OF ITS ACTIVITIES.
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FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
• FISHERIES SUBSIDIES IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF THE DOHA ROUND.
• 60 % OF THE FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
LEADS TO OVERFISHING, OVERCAPASITY
AND IUU FISHING
• FAILURE TO ADDRESS THESE SUBSIDIES
WILL HARM COASTAL POPULATIONS
• AT PRESENT ONLY A PROHIBITION
AGAINST EXPORT SUBSIDIES CAN BE
FOUND IN THE AGREEMENT ON
SUBSIDIES
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FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
• A BIG CONCERN AMONG MANY
MEMBER COUNTRIES
• NEGOTIATIONS ON FISHERIES
SUBSIDIES WILL PROBABLY BE
RESTARTED WITHIN SHORT TIME
• PLURILATERAL INITIATIVE BY USA
• MINISTERS MEET IN OSLO 21-22
OCTOBER
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FISHERIES SUBSIDIES
• UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG 14.6):
“By 2020, prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies
which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing,
eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported
and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new
such subsidies, recognizing that appropriate and
effective special and differential treatment for developing
and least developed countries should be an integral part
of the World Trade Organization fisheries subsidies
negotiation”
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HOW TO SUCCEED?
• EXPERIENCES FROM THE PREVIOUS
NEGOTIATIONS
• NEEDS TO SIMPLIFY AND FOCUS ON THE
MOST IMPORTANT
• THE SDG 14.6 SHOULD BE GUIDING
• MANY TYPES OF SUBSIDIES
• SHOULD FOCUS ON FISHERIES
SUBSIDIES ALONE
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NORWEGIAN EXPERIENCES
• REMOVED THE SUBSIDIES IN THE
NINETIES (ALMOST)
• NOT PAINLESS BUT WITH A GREAT
OUTCOME
• MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT AND
INCENTIVES TO REDUCE OVERCAPACITY
• NECESSARY TO ADMIT THAT THE
NUMBER OF VESSELS AND FISHERMEN
NEEDS TO DECREASE
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NORWEGIAN EXPERIENCES WITH
SANCTIONS
• EVEN THOUGH OUR FISHERIES
SUBSIDIES ARE ALMOST ABOLISHED, THE
RISK FOR MEASURES AGAINST OUR
PRODUCTS IS STILL RELEVANT
• THE AGREEMENT FOR SUBSIDIES AND
COUNTERVAILING MEASURES MEANS
LEGAL SUBSIDIES CAN BE SUBJECT OF
SANCTIONS
• ACTIONABLE SUBSIDIES
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Thank you for your attention!
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