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China became the WTO's 143rd member on 11 December 2001, fifteen years after applying. Its export share of world trade roughly quadrupled over the next two decades, and the bargain struck in Doha is still what the tariff argument is about.

The WTO's first agreement with environmental sustainability at its core took effect once two-thirds of members had accepted it, banning subsidies for illegal fishing, for fishing overfished stocks and for fishing on the unregulated high seas.

WTO members held the first regular meeting of the Committee on Fisheries Subsidies, set up to police the 2025 agreement, adopting its rules of procedure and granting the FAO permanent observer status.

The WTO committee that polices the 2025 ban on subsidies for illegal fishing and for fishing overfished stocks holds its second regular meeting in Geneva, as talks on the unfinished 'Fish 2' rules run in parallel.