FAO Side Event, WTO Public Event Forum 2021

Abstract

WTO Public Forum 2021 – Trade Beyond COVID-19: Building ResilienceThis year's Public Forum, entitled “Trade Beyond COVID-19: Building Resilience”, looks at the effects of the pandemic on trade and how the multilateral trading system can help build resilience to COVID-19 and future crises. The Public Forum has three subthemes:- Enhancing Resilience beyond COVID-19- Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System- Collective Action towards Sustainable TradeThe FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division participated during the Forum by organizing the Working Session “Fisheries and Aquaculture Production and Trade: a Multistakeholder Call for Sustainable Growth, based on predictable multilateral rules and Intrinsic Resilience”, which took place on September 30.This Working Session shows how innovation and alternatives in the complex fisheries and aquaculture value chains created business opportunities. It also presents how having WTO rules on fisheries subsidies can contribute to sustainability gains linked to a common good and enhancements of the multilateral trading system. The Working Section shows how the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries gained a significant sustainability catalyzer in 2021.