Catégorie Brexit
“I have never seen such low co-ordination within the international system”
The former WTO chief says the multilateral response to the pandemic has been woefully inadequate by Alex Dean / June 8, 2020 Covid-19 is not just a public health crisis, but also an economic one. Countries the world over are experiencing downturns to rival the Great Depression and there is no knowing when the world economy […]
‘Leave the diplomats out’ and put fishermen in charge of Brexit talks, says former World Trade Organisation boss
Fishing industry leaders in the UK and European Union should be brought into the Brexit trade talks to break the deadlock, the former head of the World Trade Organisation has told us. by Daniel O’Donoghue As the UK and EU teams begin their final round of negotiations this week, Pascal Lamy called for “the politics […]
The UK reneging on the Northern Ireland Brexit deal would be a “big break of trust”
The UK reneging on the Northern Ireland Brexit deal would be a “big break of trust” for the trade talks with the EU, a former head of the World Trade Organisation has said. Pascal Lamy, a former EU commissioner for trade, said any attempt to backslide on the terms of the Northern Ireland protocol in the […]
« We’ve heard that many, many times. The real key issue is whether or not the UK diverges from EU regulatory standards »
Brexit news: Ex WTO chief warns of ‘muscular trade posturing’ as UK puts ‘war paints on’ FORMER WTO chief Pascal Lamy warned the first stage of the Brexit trade talks will include much « muscular posturing » from both UK and EU as he outlined how a no deal arrangement would work for both sides. By AURORA […]
What will happen if UK walks away from Brexit negotiations ?
Former WTO chief Pascal Lamy explained to Nick Ferrari what UK-EU trading would look like without a deal. « This Australia-like deal is a nice way of saying this is WTO terms. Because as you rightly said a moment ago, Australia and the EU do not have a trade agreement. « So for the moment Australia and […]
« La question fondamentale [..] c’est de savoir de combien, comment et si le Royaume-Uni va s’écarter des normes, des standards, des lois européennes »
C’est fait ! Après 47 ans de vie commune et de nombreuses scènes de ménage, les Britanniques ont quitté l’Union Européenne. Un retrait, annoncé dès le référendum de 2016, voulu par le Premier ministre conservateur de l’époque, David Cameron comme une manœuvre astucieuse et sans risque pour dompter la fronde anti-européenne au sein de son […]
Pascal LAMY 