Australian prawn farmers claim biosecurity undermined by trade considerations
August 10, 2018: The ABC reports that until recently, Australia had been free of the deadly white spot prawn disease which is harmless to people but has the potential to wipe out both farmed and wild prawns. Quarantine border checks were intended to prevent the disease from being imported in raw prawns.
The WTO's Agreement on Agriculture is meant to govern the trade of agricultural goods between member countries. This is meant to be done through lowering barriers to the trade of such goods, particularly through reducing or removing domestic subsidies and tariffs on imports.