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.
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FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 3May - June 2017
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential & Fisheries Trade
Kiribati a step closer to EU market access for tuna
Fisheries Regulation
US government and importers prepare for IUU rule implementation
Fisheries Management
Outcomes from the 12th PNA Ministerial Meeting
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 2March - April 2017
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential & Fisheries Trade
EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement negotiations on track to resume
WTO Arbitrator rules in favour of Mexico in long-standing tuna-dolphin dispute
Fisheries Regulation
US marine mammal rule aims to reduce by-catch associated with imported seafood
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 10: Issue 1January-February 2017
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Preferential Trade
Philippines risk GSP+ status if death-penalty is reintroduced
Fisheries Subsidies
WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations gather momentum ahead of the 11th Ministerial Conference
Subsidies reported to continue fuelling profitability for China’s largest tuna fishing companies
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS Volume 9: Issue 6 November-December 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
Fisheries Management
Lack lustre progress at WCPFC13; Pacific Bluefin outlook remains dire
US Treaty inked as US fleet seeks more high seas fishing
MSC heavily criticised by founding partner, WWF
Fisheries Development
United Nations adopts ‘World Tuna Day’
FFA TRADE AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Volume 9: Issue 5 September-October 2016
By Elizabeth Havice, Mike McCoy, Liam Campling[1]
CONTENTS
WTO Fisheries Subsidies
Proposed disciplines on fisheries subsidies are back on the international agenda
Preferential Trade Agreements
Ecuador tuna exports to the EU benefit from temporary relaxation of rules of origin
Fisheries Management
Summary of WCPFC’s Twelfth Technical & Compliance Committee Meeting