Catégorie Europe
Club du CEPII – Quel avenir pour le commerce international ?
Ralentissement des échanges, échec ou piétinement des négociations (TTIP, CETA), tensions et controverses politiques (Brexit, Trump) : après plusieurs décennies de développement extraordinairement rapide, le commerce international est aujourd’hui sur la sellette, cible d’interrogations quand ce n’est pas d’attaques. Faut-il y voir une inflexion durable pour le phénomène de mondialisation commerciale et pour les institutions […]
CCTV – WTO in Global Trade
Welcome to Dialogue, in Beijing, China joined the WTO in 2001, which was one of the major event since its establishment. However the WTO is now facing challenges concerning its effectiveness and influence in global trade. So what role will the organization will continue to play in the context of free trade agreements? How should […]
Report on the Equitable Access Initiative
For two decades, the World Bank has classified countries as low-, middle- or high-income based on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita. As a standardised and simple proxy for factors such as wealth, the capacity of governments to provide services to their citizens, and national levels of development, GNI has been an influential yardstick to […]
Les Echos – Pascal Lamy : « Le protectionnisme ne protège plus »
Quel regard portez-vous sur la montée en puissance des partis populistes dans plusieurs pays européens ? Cela n’a rien de surprenant quand on connaît l’histoire de l’Europe depuis un siècle et demi. La crise économique a fait beaucoup de mal économiquement et socialement un peu partout sur le continent.
Le Monde Afrique – Britain spied on companies, diplomats and politicians in French-speaking Africa
Pascal Lamy, former head of the World Trade Organization, was under the scrutiny of the British services ahead of a crucial G20 summit in London. If the bulk of the GCHQ’s intercepts targets English-speaking Africa, the British intelligence service also routinely checks the communications of French-speaking countries, their diplomats, civil servants and NGOs.
China Daily – Former WTO chief says EU likely to grant China market economy status soon
The European Union will likely grant China recognition as a market economy soon, former World Trade Organization head Pascal Lamy said. He made the prediction as the 15th anniversary of China’s accession to the WTO approaches on Sunday.
Pascal LAMY 