Archives d’Auteur: Pascal Lamy
International Business Times – UK faces ‘six years of EU talks’ for post-Brexit trade deal says former WTO chief Pascal Lamy
« There is no way removing the egg from the omelette can be done in two years. » The UK and EU could face up to six years of gruelling negotiations to broker a comprehensive free trade agreement, Pascal Lamy warned on Thursday (17 March). Read more
Reuters – Brexit costly in trade terms whatever deal reached with EU: former WTO head
Britain’s departure from the European Union will be costly for both sides in trade terms, however good the exit deal reached, former head of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy said on Thursday. Read more
Independent – Boris Johnson was a ‘nasty young kid’, says former WTO chief
Pascal Lamy, who was the chief of WTO between 2005 and 2013, also said that a comprehensive free-trade deal between the UK and the EU could take between five to six years to negotiate Read more
The Sun – OH NO WTO Quitting EU with no deal and falling back on WTO rules would be ‘terribly bad’ for Britain, warns its former director-general
Pascal Lamy said the UK would have ‘less open’ and ‘more costly’ trade than if it struck bilateral agreement post-Brexit Read more
Financial Times – UK facing ‘horribly complex’ and costly Brexit warns ex-WTO chief
Britain faces a “costly and complex” exit from the EU, the former chief of the World Trade Organisation has warned, as he laid out the scale of the administrative task facing the government in agreeing new trade terms with the bloc in just two years.
Le Soir – « Le protectionnisme intelligent est une illusion »
Pour Pascal Lamy, si la cohabitation est difficile entre le capitalisme et la question de la justice sociale, fermer les frontières serait une grave erreur.
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