Catégorie Asia

Reuters – Russia’s push to displace imports will damage economy: ex-WTO chief

Russia’s push to boost sales of homegrown products while imports are hit by sanctions will be economically damaging if past experience is any guide, the former head of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, said on Wednesday.

Asia 2025 – The New World of Trade

We are transitioning from an old world of trade to a new world of trade where trade opening is a very different game. This transformation has major implications for the international trading system, be it in terms of principles, policies, and even mandates.

China Daily – Five suggestions for a more vibrant EU-China trade and investment relationship in the future

What the numbers tell us is that both the EU and China are elephants in world trade. Their bilateral trade, measured in value of exports and imports, surged four-fold from € 125 Bn to € 450 Bn in the last ten years. This is largely due to China’s opening and reform when it joined the […]

Forewords to China’s historical choice in Global Governance

In today’s tribe of internationalists, my good friend He Yafei is no ordinary pundit. Having spent part of his career in the engine room of various multilateral diplomatic postings, he knows how the system works. Having also served as a deck officer, assessing the force and the direction of the economic and political winds and […]

WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy — Speeches and statements

Date Title 29.08.2013 Before his departure, Pascal Lamy signs new WTO infrastructure contract in Bern Swiss Federal Councillor Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy have today signed, in Bern, the final version of the new WTO infrastructure contract. 24.07.2013 Lamy: “Together, we have strengthened the WTO as the global trade body” Director-General Pascal Lamy, […]

TV5 MONDE – Internationales

Directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce, Pascal Lamy revient avec nous sur la compétitivité française, la crise européenne, les relations commerciales entre les États-Unis et la Chine, le rôle de l’OMC ainsi que la place de l’Afrique dans la mondialisation.