Catégorie Trade
Former WTO Director-General on Tariffs Impact
Pascal Lamy, Former Director-General at the World Trade Organization, discusses the outlook for global trade and the impact from the US tariffs. He speaks with David Ingles at the « UBS Asian Investment Conference » in Hong Kong. (Source: Bloomberg) Interview on Bloomberg TV website
EU looks for path to trade accord with US
Bloc prepares for countermeasures in the event of talks ending in deadlock The European Union is working around the clock trying to cut a trade deal with the United States during a 90-day suspension in « reciprocal tariffs » even as it prepares for countermeasures against its transatlantic trade partner should talks fail. The EU faces the […]
Trump’s tariff boomerang
The current trade war as a result of Trump’s tariff policy is not truly global, and we should not be distracted by this from focusing on the real danger the US president poses in terms of democracy, social justice and human dignity the world over. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2025/04/21/trumps-tariff-boomerang.html
Trump Tariff Boomerang
Most trade pundits (and a few others) were shocked by the magnitude of Trump’s tariff announcements on 2nd April: a replica of McKinley’s famous US tariff wall of 1890, or of the Smoot-Hawley legislation of 1930. If there are lessons of history, these precedents are bad omens indeed. But this is not the only reason […]
Pascal LAMY 