Catégorie Asia
[VIP Webinar Series] China’s Trade and Investment Scenario: Looking back and looking forward
To celebrate our 20th anniversary, the European Chamber hosted a ‘VIP Webinar Series’ in May 2020 with the world’s leading industry experts, scholars, political consultants and strategists, on a variety of topics including economy, politics, technology, sustainability, EU-China relation and EU-China-US triangle. The webinar series were well received and attracted over a thousand attendees. This […]
New world order? Pandemic and war rattle globalisation
PARIS: Globalisation, which has both fans and detractors alike, is being tested like never before after the one-two punch of Covid and war. The pandemic had already raised questions about the world’s reliance on an economic model that has broken trade barriers, but made countries heavily reliant on each other as production was delocalised over […]
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 […]
Pascal LAMY 