The WTO -- the only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations -- is under pressure to secure some wins at MC13 to prove its relevance. Its 12th ministerial conference in Geneva in 2022 was hailed as a landmark success following deals on fisheries and a commitment...

ABU DHABI, UAE – World trade ministers were locked in disagreement Thursday on fisheries subsidies, agriculture and digital customs duties as a major WTO conference was extended beyond its scheduled deadline. With no signs of a breakthrough at the World Trade Organization's 13th ministerial conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, officials pushed...

The set of rules will streamline authorization requirements and ease procedural hurdles faced by businesses, according to a press release. It will help reduce the costs of global services trade by more than $119 billion every year, it added.

Brussels, Belgium -- The European Union approved a historic agreement banning harmful fisheries subsidies on Thursday, joining a small group of countries that include the United States. After more than two decades of negotiations towards banning subsidies that encourage overfishing and threaten the sustainability fish stocks worldwide, a deal, albeit...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - A delegation of Saudi Arabia discussed steps to enhance cooperation in maritime transport and ports with South Korea, local media reports said. Led by Saleh Al-Jasser, Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistic Services, the delegation visited South Korea and met Cho Seung-hwan, Minister of Oceans and...

Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Saqr Ghobash discussed with Uruguay's Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries Fernando Mattos Costa the prospects for joint cooperation in several fields.

UAE's Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) hosted a meeting with licensed feed manufacturers in the country to explore their challenges and needs and brief them on the government’s future directions.

Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE’s Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, has said UAE is keen to enhance efforts aimed at building sustainable food and agricultural systems in GCC. She was speaking at the 32nd Meeting of the GCC Agricultural Cooperation Committee. Almheiri commended the Committee and hoped that...

The WTO agreements on fisheries subsidies and a Covid vaccine patent waiver moved a step closer to completion Saturday after negotiators finalized texts for ministerial review, but significant obstacles remained in hammering out a final deal. The WTO takes decisions by consensus, making deas all the harder to reach.

The fisheries sector in the UAE has changed quite a bit over the past two decades, with a pointed move towards sustainability.

This remarkable performance was recorded in the three segments of fisheries: artisanal fishing, coastal fishing and deep-sea fishing.

The deals are in sectors ranging from livestock-rearing to vegetables, rabbits, and even Omani thyme.

The center was announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the Middle East Green Summit held in Riyadh recently.

The deals were inked by Oman Investment Authority firms with Saudi counterparts as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited.