Catégorie Asia
Analysis: « Slow-balisation »: how war, pandemic are reshaping global trade
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, March 31 (Reuters) – Raising the drawbridge has been a response to war and pestilence throughout human history, and the tumultuous winter of 2022 has similarly led trading nations to turn inward – though talk that the era of globalisation may be winding down seems premature. The damage to international commerce stemming […]
Ukraine presses the EU to get real about trading with the enemy
The EU has long justified its trade with Russia and China by arguing that commerce inspires social and political change. BY BARBARA MOENSMarch 14, 2022 9:47 pm For years, European trade policy has been underpinned by a comforting but naïve German maxim: Wandel durch Handel. The phrase means « change through trade » and expresses the belief […]
Lamy (ex Wto): « sanzioni senza precedenti, commisurate ad aggressione Mosca »
Per l’ex direttore generale del Wto ed ex Commissario Ue la « Cina può recitare ruolo mediatore ma non andrà contro i suoi interessi » Le sanzioni decise contro la Russia « sono molto forti e non esiste nessun precedente di questa portata dalla seconda guerra mondiale. Abbiamo superato uno step considerevole che è all’altezza dell’aggressione militare della […]
Why the EU is taking China to WTO over Lithuania dispute
The EU is launching a case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China’s alleged targeting of goods from Lithuania over Vilnius’ relationship with Taiwan. Brussels says Bejing is engaging in “discriminatory practices” against Lithuania by refusing to import goods from the EU member state. China’s foreign ministry denied in December that it was blocking […]
Cause for celebration, and reflection
By PASCAL LAMY | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-12-14 Twenty years after China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and as the European Union’s chief negotiator of China’s terms of accession at the time, I am asked this question in various places around the world: is China’s accession something to be celebrated? Has it […]
Selon Pascal Lamy, « toute l’économie de la planète a bénéficié de l’adhésion de la Chine à l’OMC »
« Si les Chinois n’acceptent pas de disciplines supplémentaires, alors leurs exportations feront l’objet de mesures unilatérales », déclare l’ancien directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce. Propos recueillis par Julien Bouissou Pascal Lamy a assisté de près à la montée en puissance de la Chine au cours des vingt dernières années. En tant que commissaire […]
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