Implications of Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations on Global Sourcing Provision for the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement and the Product Specific Rules of Origin in PACER Plus
In 2018, the members of the World Trade Organization have been intensifying negotiations on fisheries subsidies. There are several proposals under discussions including the consolidated text from 2017. Impact of WTO Fisheries Subsidies and I-EPA Global Sourcing Provision The Pacific region in particular countries that are benefiting from the global sourcing provisions of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and the Pacific will be affected by the fisheries subsidies outcomes. Furthermore, countries that may consider future accession to the Interim Economic Partnership agreement to benefit from the Global Sourcing provisions of the I-EPA in relation to fisheries also has to exercise vigilance too. The global sourcing provision is simply a rules of origin provision whereby a country could source fish from anywhere, as long as the fish is processed onshore, it is deemed to be originating product of the Pacific country that is exporting it and therefore