Catégorie Global Governance

Live: Former WTO director-general discusses China and WTO

How has China fulfilled its WTO accession commitment? What support has China provided to the world’s multilateral trade system? And how are China’s economic contributions since its opening-up efforts influencing the world? Pascal Lamy, former WTO director-general, John Gong from the Beijing-based University of Int’l Business & Economics, and David Mahon from Mahon China Investment […]

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…