Catégorie Asia
WTO rules need review toward green economy: Ex-WTO head Lamy
World Trade Organization rules need to be adapted toward a green economy, said Pascal Lamy, the former WTO director-general. A review of subsidies on production and consumption could make a big difference, he said. Link to the video
Transcript of Pascal Lamy and Chinese trade experts at CCG luncheon
Leading a delegation of the Jacques Delors think tank network, the former DG of the WTO discussed green transition, subsidies, and the future of open trade. The sixth CCG VIP Luncheon, held last Wednesday, November 6, at the historic Xianhe Hall of the Beijing International Club, featured Pascal Lamy, Coordinator of the Jacques Delors think tank […]
La coopération UE-Chine, rempart contre une nouvelle guerre froide ?
Par : Thomas Moller-Nielsen | EURACTIV.com Selon le chargé d’affaires de la Mission de la République populaire de Chine auprès de l’Union européenne (UE), Zhu Jing, une coopération continue entre Pékin et Bruxelles est cruciale pour éviter une nouvelle guerre froide, et peut-être même un conflit mondial. Dans un discours prononcé à Bruxelles mardi 22 octobre, Zhu Jing a souligné […]
Ex-WTO chief: ‘No such thing as a trade war between EU and China’
Pascal Lamy, the former Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has insisted « there have always been trade frictions » between China and the European Union and called on both sides to see the « bigger picture » on the exchange of tariffs. Heavy EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars are set to come into force by the […]
Pascal Lamy: Reshaping the Global Order
Three approaches to reforming the existing outdated global order and the EU’s role in reshaping it. Mingyin Xie and Yuxuan JIA Sep 23 Following Bert Hofman and P. S. Srinivas, Pascal Lamy’s chapter in CCG’s open-access book, Enhancing Global Governance in a Fragmented World—Prospects, Issues and the Role of China, is presented as follows. Both […]
Is globalisation coming to an end? And has it been mainly dictatorial China that has profited from free trade?
An interview with Pascal Lamy, the longest serving director of the World Trade Organization One of the leitmotifs of populists, including Donald Trump, is opposition to globalisation. Who has benefited most from the unprecedented economic interconnection of the world over the past forty years, and who is the loser? Globalisation has worked exactly as the […]