Catégorie Globalisation
Forewords to China’s historical choice in Global Governance
In today’s tribe of internationalists, my good friend He Yafei is no ordinary pundit. Having spent part of his career in the engine room of various multilateral diplomatic postings, he knows how the system works. Having also served as a deck officer, assessing the force and the direction of the economic and political winds and […]
Jan Tumlir Lecture – Looking ahead: The New World of Trade
I will argue that we are transitioning from an old world of trade to a new world of trade where trade opening has become a very different game. This transformation has major consequences which will likely – and hopefully – impact the international trading system, be it in terms of principles, policies, and even mandates, […]
Publication – Is trade multilateralism being threatened by regionalism?
Since the creation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1947, the multilateral trading system has ranked as one of the shining successes of international cooperation. Recently, it was shown to have great resilience in containing protectionist pressures during the 2008 global financial and economic crisis. This was in marked contrast to […]
Queries – TTIP: a new initiative that should raise the bar in aligning consumer protection
Europe and the United States have everything to gain from TTIP as the initiative aims to further open up transatlantic trade. Yet there is still a need to reach agreement over that openness means in today’s climate.
Il Mulino – civilizzare la globalizzazione, un’ambizione per l’Europa
L’integrazione europea vive oggi un momento difficile. Certo, non è mai stata un lungo fiume tranquillo, come il Po di Paolo Rumiz. Ha avuto le sue fasi di piena e di secca, le sue rapide, i suoi meandri.
World Policy Conference – Debate on Trade and Policy
Commercial affairs, in the broad sense of the term, have always been a central part of international relations and always interfered with security issues. In our day and age, as a result of globalization, economic exchanges have gone largely beyond commercial exchanges (services, capital flows, direct investments, etc.) and form a more and more tightly-meshed […]
Pascal LAMY 