We've reached the final day of our #wipoGA. Great to see friends from the #IP community back in Geneva 🇨🇭 & a breakthrough by the @WIPO membership on negotiations that have been stalled for two decades.
We stand ready to support members implement these groundbreaking decisions.
Today at WTO we came to consensus on a more balanced agreement on fisheries subsidies. Balanced because we’re finally recognizing the plight of developing/least developed countries to slow depletion of fish stocks. It impacts our livelihood, our economy and our future generations
Congratulations are extended to Ambassador Courtenay Rattray on his appointment as Chef de Cabinet to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres.
WTO Ministerial meetings are hard. And in Buenos Aires, important negotiations — and drama — took place over
• Fisheries
• Food security (public stockholding)
• Ecommerce
• More
By @Trade__Talks https://t.co/TFyoxJVcQh
At #MC11 we have seen the hard grind of multilateralism. 164 countries working together, engaging and debating. Progress was not possible in all areas, but in some we have taken important steps – like the decision on Fisheries Subsidies https://t.co/4MzIje9BGS
Women in charge - met today with #MC11 Chair @SusanaMalcorra and Foreign Ministers @KaminaJSmith & Ine Eriksen Søreide. We need joint solutions to push the global multilateral trade agenda forward in the @WTO.
WTO members are negotiating to limit harmful #fisheriessubsidies and deliberating on what agreement can be reached by #MC11 in Buenos Aires. Read the briefing note on this and other topics: https://t.co/2u0uwg0RfM