Comoros, Timor-Leste to Soon Join WTO, Accept Fisheries Subsidies Deal

Comoros and Timor-Leste submitted their acceptances of "WTO Protocols of Accession" and the fisheries subsidies agreement on July 22 to open the General Council meeting, the World Trade Organization announced. The moves set up the two nations to become the 165th and 166th members of the WTO in late August, the trade body said.