Catégorie EU-U.S. relations
Former WTO director general reacts to Trump’s Davos address
In this segment of Global News Today on Al Arabiya English, host Tom Burges Watson examines President Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he sharply criticized Europe and claimed the world is heavily dependent on the United States for peace, security, and prosperity. Speaking in Switzerland, Trump argued that US […]
Ralentissement des échanges internationaux : « L’effet négatif sur l’économie américaine de la hausse des droits de douane se fait attendre », lance Pascal Lamy, ancien directeur général de l’OMC
La Commission des affaires étrangères de l’Assemblée nationale a organisé ce mercredi 22 octobre une table ronde, sur le retour du protectionnisme et la contestation du libre-échange dans le commerce international, avec la participation notamment de Pascal Lamy, coordinateur du réseau de l’Institut Jacques Delors, vice-président du Forum pour la paix de Paris, ancien commissaire […]
Paul Adamson talks to Pascal Lamy
Former Director General of the World Trade Organisation and former European Commissioner for Trade / October 2025 Europe and the New World Trade Order
The EU shouldn’t fight Trump’s tariffs alone, former WTO chief warns
The European Union should form an alliance with the United States’ other trading partners to counter the president’s ‘hostage-taking’ tactics, Pascal Lamy said in an interview. Former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, in 2007. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement) By Federica Di Sario Federica Di Sario is a reporter at The Parliament Magazine. The European […]
EU looks for path to trade accord with US
Bloc prepares for countermeasures in the event of talks ending in deadlock The European Union is working around the clock trying to cut a trade deal with the United States during a 90-day suspension in « reciprocal tariffs » even as it prepares for countermeasures against its transatlantic trade partner should talks fail. The EU faces the […]
Lamy, ex Wto: «La globalizzazione non si ferma. L’Europa si muova, può approfittarne»
di dal nostro corrispondente da Parigi Stefano Montefiori L’ex direttore generale: i dazi? Non-soluzione a un non-problema «La globalizzazione non si fermerà, il capitalismo troverà degli aggiustamenti e chi non fa più affari negli Stati Uniti li farà altrove. Il commercio è come l’acqua, trova sempre il modo di scorrere. E ad approfittarne potrebbe essere l’Europa», […]
Pascal LAMY 