Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics
The Trade Hot Topics series provides concise and informative analyses of various trade and trade-related issues which are prepared both by Commonwealth Secretariat and international experts.
- ISSN: 20719914 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.14217/20719914
Small Vulnerable Economies and Fisheries Subsidies Disciplines
Issues, Debates and Alliances
This issue of Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics reflects on one aspect of the trade-related implementation agenda of SDG14. Around 90 per cent fished to full capacity or over fished. In order to overcome this tragedy of the commons, securing a development friendly outcome on addressing harmful fishing subsidies by the multilateral trading system is critical.
Keywords: small island developing states, fisheries, sustainable development goals, subsidies
JEL:
Q2: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation;
Q22: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation / Renewable Resources and Conservation: Fishery; Aquaculture;
Q27: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation / Renewable Resources and Conservation: Issues in International Trade;
Q57: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology