Catégorie Asia

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 […]

CGTN Europe Interview

Interview of Pascal Lamy on the China’s Two Sessions and its effect on Global economy. Interview available on Youtube from MArch 5th, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hG7gL-auI

Shields Up:How China,Europe, Japanand the UnitedStates Shapethe World throughEconomic Security

By Elvire Fabry, Nicolas Köhler-Suzuki, Pascal Lamy & Marco Sibona With geopolitical tensions on the rise and increasing trade and investment restrictions worldwide, the European Union adopted an Economic Security Strategy in June 2023. This paper compares the EU’s evolving economic security policies with the strategies of three other prominent global actors–the United States, China […]

Rise of China is the most apparent manifestation of globalization: French scholar

Interview for Global Times Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. During the past six decades, China and France have witnessed tremendous development in bilateral ties. As the first major Western country to recognize China, France is an important country that helped China to rejoin the international […]

China’s growth model pushes Beijing into more trade conflicts

By Joe Cash and Christoph Steitz BEIJING/FRANKFURT, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Swiss solar panel maker Meyer Burger (MBTN.S), opens new tab is facing the brunt of competition from China and is warning it may have to close its loss-making production plant in Germany unless the government steps in with financial support. « Chinese manufacturers are deliberately selling goods in Europe far […]

De-globalization seen unlikely

By WANG XIN in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2023-12-22 09:18 Former WTO chief: Technology, ideology, peace key to pushing open world economy Though facing challenges such as increasing geopolitical tensions and turmoil brought on by shifts in global economic dynamics, the world will likely avoid an era of de-globalization but will instead see […]