24 Jan 2024
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Portugal donates EUR 50,000 to WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism
Portugal is contributing EUR 50,000 (about CHF 48,000) to assist developing members and least— developed country (LDC) members in implementing the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. Ambassador Rui Macieira presented the contribution to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on 24 January.
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Agriculture negotiations enter final straight as MC13 approaches
At the first of this year’s agriculture negotiations meetings on 16-17 January, Ambassador Alparslan Acarsoy of Türkiye, the Chair of the talks, urged delegates to focus “more specifically and concretely” on potential outcomes at the upcoming 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), which is due to be held in Abu Dhabi from 26 to 29 February. Participants also discussed new or revised submissions on export restrictions on food; agricultural production and trade in net food importing developing countries (NFIDCs) and least developed countries (LDCs); and domestic support to the agricultural sector.
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