the views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the commonwealth secretarial this trade hot topic has been prepared based on a background paper prepared by campling and havice in march in which the last known submission to wto members included in the analysis is j rl by japan second the proposals reintroduce discussion about capacityenhancing subsidies which had previously dropped out of discussions on the sdgs the transpacific partnership tpp and mc contributing to their narrowing of scope of the rules the following summarises each of these proposals in turn it focuses on prohibiting subsidies linked to overcapacity including subsidies to enhance the capacity of existing vessels for new vessel construction and for flagbased vessel transfers eu subsidies to vessels engaged in illegal unreported and unregulated iuu fishing ie on flagstate andor regional fisheries management organisation rfmo iuu lists would also be prohibited