Catégorie Trade
“I have never seen such low co-ordination within the international system”
The former WTO chief says the multilateral response to the pandemic has been woefully inadequate by Alex Dean / June 8, 2020 Covid-19 is not just a public health crisis, but also an economic one. Countries the world over are experiencing downturns to rival the Great Depression and there is no knowing when the world economy […]
‘Leave the diplomats out’ and put fishermen in charge of Brexit talks, says former World Trade Organisation boss
Fishing industry leaders in the UK and European Union should be brought into the Brexit trade talks to break the deadlock, the former head of the World Trade Organisation has told us. by Daniel O’Donoghue As the UK and EU teams begin their final round of negotiations this week, Pascal Lamy called for “the politics […]
E.U. proposes $825 billion coronavirus rescue plan giving Brussels power to raise money for first time
By Michael Birnbaum and Loveday Morris BRUSSELS — European Union leaders on Wednesday proposed an $825 billion coronavirus rescue plan that would give Brussels major new tax and spending powers of the sort held by a federal state. Proponents are calling it Europe’s “Hamiltonian moment,” after the 1790 agreement, engineered by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, that […]
Trade’s new bogeyman isn’t protectionism – it’s ‘precautionism’
London | The great danger to global trade from the coronavirus pandemic is not protectionism but « precautionism », warns former World Trade Organisation boss Pascal Lamy. More to read on https://www.afr.com/world/europe/trade-s-new-bogeyman-isn-t-protectionism-it-s-precautionism-20200516-p54tj2
Au cœur de la tempête, le système multilatéral survivra-t-il?
GRAND RÉCIT – La controverse autour de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé, accusée d’être manipulée par la Chine, met en lumière et accentue la crise des institutions créées après 1945 pour stabiliser le monde et le rendre plus prévisible. … « Quand Donald Trump dit tout haut ce que beaucoup pensent tout bas, cela renforce l’idée […]
Canada should ‘align itself with members who want to keep open trade’: Former WTO director
More on https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/canada-should-align-itself-with-members-who-want-to-keep-open-trade-former-wto-director~1946154 Pascal Lamy, former director-general of the WTO and president of the Paris Peace Forum, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss how Canada will want to position itself from a trade perspective post COVID-19. He notes the need for cooperation between all the organizations members.
