Catégorie Trade
Interview – Pascal Lamy : «Les Etats-Unis donnent l’impression de ne plus vouloir de l’OMC»
Le haut fonctionnaire français qui a dirigé durant huit ans l’Organisation mondiale du commerce revient sur les tensions qui la mettent en péril. Selon lui, si les Américains tentés par le protectionnisme ne reviennent pas à la table des discussions, il faut «imaginer un système pour avancer sans eux, mais avec les Chinois». par Anne-Sophie Lechevallierpublié […]
Politico Trade newsletter – Europe
EU-LATIN AMERICA MEETING TODAY: Top politicians from the EU, Latin America and the Caribbean are set to meet virtually today. The high-level meeting isn’t set to focus on trade, with agenda topics ranging from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic to the green transition, digital agendas and fighting inequalities. But we’ll still be watching since it’s […]
WTO Future Grows Cloudier in a World Torn By Covid: Supply Lines
By Bryce Baschuk(Bloomberg) — On the grounds of the World Trade Organization’s headquarters in Geneva sits a traditional Chinese garden with a stone gate that bears the inscription: “A glimpse of hope in a time of despair.”A gift from Beijing in less volatile times, it’s a fitting slogan at a moment when the WTO’s plan […]
Analysis: Big climate change job awaits WTO – if it can step up
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) – From laying down the law on fossil fuel subsidies to promoting low-carbon supply chains, there is no shortage of ways in which the World Trade Organization could be at the forefront of the global fight against climate change. The question for trade chiefs from 164 countries gathering in Geneva next […]
‘All talk and no walk’: America ain’t back at the WTO
Biden is in no rush to revive the World Trade Organization from the deep freeze that Trump pushed it into. BY SARAH ANNE AARUP GENEVA — U.S. President Joe Biden declared back in February that « America is back, » but it doesn’t feel that way in Geneva. In the run-up to the World Trade Organization’s most important gathering — […]
CGTN – Former WTO director-general in confidence on current trends
« The Hub with Wang Guan » has a frank and thorough discussion with Pascal Lamy, former WTO director-general (2005-2013) and president of the Paris Peace Forum, and looks into pressing issues such as China-U.S. trade relations and the economic impact of digitalization and climate change. Lamy draws on his experience and insight to suggest ways to […]
