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"World Trade Organization launches first global agreement to curb overfishing"
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World Trade Organization launches first global agreement to curb overfishing | The Optimist Daily
The WTO’s first environmental pact takes effect, tackling harmful fishing subsidies to protect ocean life and global food security.

Global treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/global-treaty-to-end-subsidies-for-destructive-fishing-takes-effect/

Global treaty to end subsidies for destructive fishing takes effect
A landmark global treaty to curb billions of dollars in government subsidies for overfishing took effect on Sept. 15, Mongabay contributor Elizabeth Fitt reported. The agreement marks the first time the World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved an environmental sustainability agreement in its 30-year history. The deal came into effect after Brazil, Kenya, Tonga and […]

Trade, Political Distance and the World Trade Organization
Samuel Hardwick
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.17303 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.17303

Trade, Political Distance and the World Trade Organization
Trade agreements are often understood as shielding commerce from fluctuations in political relations. This paper provides evidence that World Trade Organization membership reduces the penalty of political distance on trade at the extensive margin. Using a structural gravity framework covering 1948 to 2023 and two measures of political distance, based on high-frequency events data and UN General Assembly votes, GATT/WTO status is consistently associated with a wider range of products traded betw…