Title: Fisheries issues in WTO and ACP-EU trade negotiations
Description: Three papers presented at a meeting of African, Caribbean and Pacific Fisheries and Trade experts in April 2003. The meeting's primary concerns were the future of relations between the ACP and the EU, and preparing ACP countries for Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations. The first paper, 'The Future of European UnionACP Fisheries Relations', looks at the increasingly complex ACP/EU relationship. The second, 'WTO Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations: Implications for Fisheries Access Arrangements and Sustainable Management', outlines a possible fisheries framework agreement. The third paper, 'Elements of an ACPEU Framework Agreement on Fisheries Arrangements', looks at the WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations, considers the impact they will have on developing countries and suggests riskmitigation strategies.
Subjects: Fisheries, Economic aspects, Fish trade, Commercial policy