FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 5 September-October 2018
Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Trade
Fishing overcapacity discussed at the World Trade Organisation
Flags of convenience and fisheries-related tax evasion increasingly in the spotlight
Fisheries Management
Update from WCPFC 14th Technical and Compliance Committee
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS . Volume 11: Issue 4July-August 2018
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
FFA study on ‘Corporate Dynamics in the Shelf-stable Tuna Industry’
Fisheries Trade
Trump’s US trade-war and China’s tuna
Kiribati meets all requirements for EU market access
Update on EU ‘yellow card’ warnings
Fisheries Management
Elizabeth Havice and Liam Campling (2018), Corporate Dynamics in the Shelf-stable Tuna Industry, Honiara: Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS. Volume 11: Issue 3May-June 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
Highlights from 2018 Infofish World Tuna Conference
Preferential Trade
Solomon Islands set to graduate from LDC status, threatening duty-free access to EU for tuna loins
Fisheries Management
PNA announces a blockchain initiative for Pacifical fishery; traceability initiatives flourish
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 2March-April 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
US-GSP provision expired, and reinstated
US steel and aluminium tariffs: potential Impacts on seafood
The Trans-Pacific Partnership redux?
Brexit and the politics of fisheries access in the EU
Fisheries Management
PNA Leaders meet to discuss tuna priorities
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 11: Issue 1January-February 2018
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy [1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
Update on EU Free Trade Agreement negotiations
Fisheries Regulation
US SIMP to be enforced in April; new Commerce Trusted Trader Programme proposed
Fisheries Management
PNA and Fiji MSC fisheries re-certified; MSC fisheries standard changes for mixed fisheries
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 6November-December 2017
By Elizabeth Havice, Liam Campling and Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Special Feature
New FFA report on the tuna longline industry in the WCPO
Preferential & Fisheries Trade
WTO Members fail to agree to minimal, low ambition rules on fisheries subsidies
Fisheries Regulation
US announces that it will begin SIMP with an ‘informed compliance’ approach
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 10: Issue 5September-October 2017 By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential & Fisheries Trade
Uncertain future for Pacific-EU relations post-Cotonou Agreement
WTO compliance panels side with US on tuna-dolphin dispute
Fisheries Regulation
Vietnam receives EU-IUU fishing ‘yellow card’; Thailand and Taiwan yet to be lifted
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 4July - August 2017
By Liam Campling, Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential & Fisheries Trade
Special Feature: Possible impacts of post-Brexit UK trade policy on the canned tuna trade
Update on fisheries subsidies debates in the lead up to the 11th WTO Ministerial
Fisheries Regulation
Legal challenge to new US Seafood Import Monitoring Program unsuccessful
The new US IUU Rule will come into effect in January 2018, despite being subject to legal action, with implications for any company in a member country exporting tuna to the US market. While the responsibility for reporting the data will rest with the US Importer, there are new data provision requirements that exporters will need to be aware of.
Refer to the attachment for more information.