Catégorie Trade
Pascal Lamy (OMC) : Commerce, la fin de la naïveté européenne ?
Pascal Lamy, ancien directeur général de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), était l’invité de Laure Closier dans Good Morning Business, ce lundi 13 mai. Ils sont revenus sur le marché intérieur européen, le commerce extérieur de l’Europe et le retour au protectionnisme, sur BFM Business. Retrouvez l’émission du lundi au vendredi et réécoutez la en […]
Dust off your CV: The EU is going to need a new trade chief
With Valdis Dombrovskis expected to move on, POLITICO profiles the ideal candidate to replace him. MAY 8, 2024 6:46 AM CET BY ANTONIA ZIMMERMANN AND CAMILLE GIJS WANTED: A commissioner to navigate the increasingly rough seas of global trade, avoiding shipwreck and guiding the European Union into calmer waters. If FTA is just another three-letter acronym to you, there’s […]
There’s a ‘fine line’ to tread when it comes to de-risking from China: Former WTO director-general
Pascal Lamy, former WTO director-general, discusses Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Europe visit. Link to the interview on CNBC
COMMERCE : la politique commerciale de l’UE doit absolument intégrer la sécurité économique, selon plusieurs experts
« Nous sommes décalés par rapport à la composition du monde. Nous réglementons trop, nous investissons trop peu, nous sommes trop ouverts et nous ne défendons pas assez nos intérêts », a déclaré le président français, Emmanuel Macron, dans son discours sur l’Europe, jeudi 25 avril (voir autre nouvelle). L’UE doit être moins naïve sur le plan […]
Turning the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism into a green development tool
The CBAM provoked considerable debate worldwide and strong reactions by some of the EU’s partners. This policy brief calls for a shift away from these seemingly irreconcilable positions, towards a more constructive approach from both the EU and its trading partners. The authors suggest carrying out impact assessments that could serve as a basis for […]
Is globalisation coming to an end? And has it been mainly dictatorial China that has profited from free trade?
An interview with Pascal Lamy, the longest serving director of the World Trade Organization One of the leitmotifs of populists, including Donald Trump, is opposition to globalisation. Who has benefited most from the unprecedented economic interconnection of the world over the past forty years, and who is the loser? Globalisation has worked exactly as the […]
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