Catégorie Global Governance
Harley Caught in Trade Spat Yet Bridges Transatlantic Divides
Still, the former head of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, is confident, for the moment, that free trade will win in the long term. ‘My own sense is that we’ve reached a stage of globalization that will make de-globalization extremely unlikely’ unless protectionist and populist parties strengthen further, Lamy said in recent remarks to […]
06/28/2018: China and the WTO amid global trade protectionism
With global trade facing a rise in unilateralism and protectionism, China’s State Council decided to release a white paper on Thursday to highlight the country’s reform and opening-up measures and global contributions since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001. How will China work together with the WTO to tackle escalating trade tensions and stabilize […]
Former director-general of the WTO: WTO needs reform and modernization
“China has abided by the commitments it took to join the WTO. But China has done only that and not more, which now is starting to be a problem,” said Pascal Lamy, former director-general of the World Trade Organization, during his interview with CGTN. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up […]
Deux ans après, le Brexit continue de tirailler le Royaume-Uni
Vu de l’étranger, le spectacle est déjà étonnant : deux ans après que 51,9 % des Britanniques ont voté pour sortir de l’Union européenne (UE), le 23 juin 2016, le gouvernement britannique, radicalement divisé, ne s’est toujours pas mis d’accord sur le type de relations qu’il souhaite dans l’avenir avec le continent et l’Irlande. Quel type de frontières ? […]
Financial Times – EU trade data flows are becoming the new GMOs
Companies are scrambling to implement tough rules on safeguarding personal information…
Financial Times – Brexit: EU and UK battle over ‘an accession in reverse’
Britain imagines it is an equal partner in the exit talks. But negotiations over its 1973 entry illustrate who has the upper hand…
Pascal LAMY 