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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, […]

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 […]

Il Centro Studi sul Federalismo (CSF) -Civilizzare la Globalizzazione, un’ambizione per l’Europa

Pascal Lamy, laureato all’Institut d’Études Politiques, all’Hautes Études Commerciales e all’École National d’Administration, è stato Capo di gabinetto del Presidente della Commissione europea Jacques Delors dal 1985 al 1994, Direttore generale del Crédit Lyonnais dal 1994 al 1999, Commissario europeo (al Commercio) dal 1999 al 2004, Direttore generale dell’Organizzazione Mondiale del Commercio dal 2005 al […]

Tribune – The EU after the elections: what strategy for globalisation?

This Tribune is based on recent speeches made by Pascal Lamy at the Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, 15 July 2014) and at Macif (Paris, 1 October 2014). It is based on 5 elements: 1. What do the European elections tell us? 2. A three-pronged deficit for Europe 3. Civilising globalisation 4. Giving Europe back a meaning […]

Table ronde – L’avenir des organisations internationales. Perspectives juridiques

Je vous remercie de m’avoir invité à contribuer aux travaux d’un cercle aussi prestigieux que celui qui vous unit. Vous comprendrez aisément que mes propos soient plutôt inspirés par des considérations pratiques que par des considérations théoriques ou juridiques. Chacun – c’est une des lois du système international – essaie de se spécialiser dans ce […]

Conference – Europe : dream and reality

Do Europeans need to share a dream? Yes, I think so Can Europeans share a dream? Yes, I believe so. I also believe we should be better at making this dream come true, and that we can only do that together.