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The WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations, which began in 2001, have continued for 20 years due to disagreement among members states on the details of subsidies discipline. The consensus has been formed among members states regarding the necessity of regulation of fisheries subsidies, but there is still acute confrontation between members states regarding the details of how and to what extent to govern this. Following the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference in 2005, the first draft fishery subsidy agreement "DRAFT CONSOLIDATED CHAIR TEXTS" was circulated in 2007. However, widespread subsidy prohibits have led to sharp disagreements between the 'Friends of Fish' countries that support the chair tests and those that support limited prohibits such as Japan, Taiwan, and Korea. At the 11th Ministerial Conference in 2017, the chair communication was prepared before the meeting, but due to the disagreement between developed and developing countries, only the Ministerial Decision was adopted. Subsequently, the Member States developed the text based on the 2017 chair communication and prepared the Integration Agreement (2018) and the Facilitator Working Document (2019) for each theme. This led to the stage of a textual confirmation of the dissent of member countries on IUU fishing, overfishing, and overcapacity subsidies, which are being discussed as prohibited fisheries subsidies. The purpose of this paper is to examine the development process of fisheries subsidies negotiation through the compares and reviews the 2007 Chair Texts which is the first draft of the Fisheries Subsidy Agreement, and the Fisheries Subsidy Agreement circulated between 2018 and 2019. Through this, we will look into the areas where consensus can be derived and seek directions for Korea's response.
