Archives d’Auteur: Lara Martelli
IFPRI seminar 26 Apr 2021 – Evolving factors shaping trade in agriculture and food
Points made by Pascal Lamy Intro: July 2008: ag ssc rejection by the US was the straw that broke the DDA camelback 13 years later: ag nowhere to be seen in the WTO big agenda what happened? has trade in ag become irrelevant? have soldiers left the battleground? no, none of these; as Jo Swinnen […]
Europe struggles to get its climate hand ready for Biden’s big deal
London | A minute-to-midnight deal between Brussels and the European Parliament has given the EU a confirmed 2030 emissions reduction target to take to US President Joe Biden’s climate summit, but the Continent is still grappling with how to turn ambitious rhetoric into practical reality. Some European Parliament members (MEPs) pushed the European Union to go […]
Podcast – Trade for Peace: A Conversation with Mr. Pascal Lamy
In this episode, former WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy in conversation with host Axel M. Addy, tells the audience how trade opening, regional economic integration and aid for trade are pathways to economic prosperity for long-lasting peace. After introducing the innovative approach being undertaken by the Paris Peace Forum to promote peace, he shares his views […]
Invité La Matinale Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) – 21 mars 2021 – Vers une taxe carbone aux frontières de l’UE
Pascal Lamy était l’invité de La Matinale sur la Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) le mercredi 21 mars 2021 Vers une taxe carbone aux frontières de l’UE La pièce maîtresse de la réponse européenne au défi climatique est l’idée d’une taxe carbone aux frontières de l’UE, et le projet se précise. Bruxelles doit le présenter en […]
Op-ed Pascal Lamy: Chinese Leadership Needed to Protect Antarctica’s Southern Ocean
A year has passed since I published a piece in Cai Xin highlighting the opportunity for China to take leadership in 2020 on climate and biodiversity protection in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. Since then, the year did not unfold quite as planned (to put it lightly). Many of us are still in the grips of this […]
European-style carbon taxes destined to spread, says former trade chief
By Nick O’Malley April 17, 2021 Angus Taylor is against it and Scott Morrison might insist that Australian policy will not be set in Brussels, but according to one of its key architects the European carbon tariff is not only all but inevitable, but fair and reasonable too. The tariff, which would hit energy intensive imports […]
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