Catégorie Global Governance
No-nonsense Nigerian woman to be named boss in double first for WTO
By Emma Farge, Alexis Akwagyiram, Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA (Reuters) – Three months after the Trump administration rejected her, former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is set to receive unanimous backing on Monday to become the first woman and first African director-general of the World Trade Organization. A self-declared “doer” with a track record of taking on seemingly intractable […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Nigerian powerhouse to head the WTO
Former World Bank vice-president wants trade body to focus on raising living standards in the wake of the pandemic William Wallis FEBRUARY 12 2021 Taking on apparently insurmountable challenges is something of a habit for Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In 2003, when she left her job as vice-president of the World Bank to return to Nigeria as finance […]
Imperative of Making the WTO Strike a Right Balance – CUTS International – Interview with Pascal Lamy
In this conversation Pradeep S. Mehta Secretary General, CUTS International interacts with Pascal Lamy, former Director General WTO. CUTS earlier did a webinar on « What would happen to the world without WTO ». In this conversation Pascal Lamy explains priorities of WTO in today’s time.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala seule en lice pour prendre la tête de l’OMC
La candidate nigériane serait, en cas de désignation, la première femme à diriger l’Organisation mondiale du commerce. Par Laurence Caramel et Julien Bouissou Publié le 06 février 2021 à 08h49 La voie est libre. Seule candidate à briguer le poste de directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC) après le retrait, vendredi 5 février au matin, de sa […]
Pascal Lamy : « L’Europe est la seule échelle pertinente face aux Etats-Unis et à la Chine »
Pascal Lamy était l’invité d’Ali Baddou le samedi 6 février 2021 sur France Inter dans l’émission « Le grand face-à-face » Lien pour entendre le podcast sur le site de France Inter
Multilateral Cooperation for Global Recovery
Feb 3, 2021EMMANUEL MACRON, ANGELA MERKEL, MACKY SALL, ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, CHARLES MICHEL, URSULA VON DER LEYEN We should not be afraid of a post-pandemic world that will not be the same as the status quo ante. We should embrace it and use all appropriate fora and available opportunities to make it a better world by advancing the cause of international […]
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