Pascal Lamy, former director-general of the World Trade Organization and president emeritus of the Jacques Delors Institute, discusses digital tax tensions between the U.S. and the European Union at CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/06/22/digital-tax-is-a-global-problem-says-ex-wto-chief-lamy.html Full interview: https://ql.mediasilo.com/#ql/5ef08cc8e4b0ffb71efa2421/567ff94b-9ccc-46a4-a8e7-94bddd59d3fe
Governments have been using subsidies to prop up domestic businesses through the shutdowns. Some of the most contentious trade fights of recent years — pitting the U.S. against the EU, and nearly every major country against China — have centered on market-distorting government support for industry. Trade experts warn of new battles over whether such […]
« Un train peut en cacher un autre. Le train TRUMP nous offre un spectacle quotidien de bruit et de fureur, de cynisme, de brutalité qui ne cesse de nous stupéfier. Nous y voyons un pays fracturé, un système politique bloqué, le spectre de l’autoritarisme, la perspective d’un gouffre transatlantique. … Mais un autre train est […]
Anabel González (PIIE), Pascal Lamy (Former Director-General, World Trade Organization) and Robert B. Zoellick (Former President of the World Bank and Former United States Trade Representative) Link to the video: https://www.piie.com/events/what-future-global-trading-system
World Committee on Tourism Ethics The World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) met remotely on 5 June 2020 for a special session on COVID-19 and Tourism with the attendance of all Members and alternates. After deliberations, the following Statement was agreed: Statement of the World Committee on Tourism Ethics The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Bruxelles, 16/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – D’un point de vue politique, « c’est le meilleur moment ou jamais » pour une relance verte de l’économie européenne, ont estimé quatre économistes, français, allemand, italien et espagnol, lors d’une visioconférence organisée, mardi 16 juin, à quelques jours du Conseil européen consacré au cadre financier pluriannuel (CFP) 2021-2027 complété […]
