USTR nominee says will seek 'meaningful' WTO deal to crack down on fishery subsidies.

The Biden administration's nominee to represent the United States at the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday that she will work towards a high-standard agreement to crack down on fisheries subsidies that is not "riddled with loopholes."

Maria Pagan, nominated to be the deputy U.S. Trade representative serving in Geneva, told a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing that she would work towards a "high standard and meaningful" WTO agreement "that changes the status quo and doesn't just, you know, continue the situation the way it is" with governments subsidizing fishing fleets.

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