With global trade facing a rise in unilateralism and protectionism, China’s State Council decided to release a white paper on Thursday to highlight the country’s reform and opening-up measures and global contributions since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001. How will China work together with the WTO to tackle escalating trade tensions and stabilize […]
“China has abided by the commitments it took to join the WTO. But China has done only that and not more, which now is starting to be a problem,” said Pascal Lamy, former director-general of the World Trade Organization, during his interview with CGTN. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up […]
Het leverde een mediageniek plaatje op, de blinkende Harley-Davidsons die bij het Witte Huis stonden opgesteld. Onder het oog van de camera’s liep president Donald Trump vorig jaar februari naar de motoren toe, om daarna ferm de hand te drukken van de topbestuurders van de motorfabrikant. Die waren getooid in lederen jacks met daarop het […]
Vu de l’étranger, le spectacle est déjà étonnant : deux ans après que 51,9 % des Britanniques ont voté pour sortir de l’Union européenne (UE), le 23 juin 2016, le gouvernement britannique, radicalement divisé, ne s’est toujours pas mis d’accord sur le type de relations qu’il souhaite dans l’avenir avec le continent et l’Irlande. Quel type de frontières ? […]
With just over nine months to go until Britain is set to leave the European Union, the task of untangling itself from its neighbors is proving fiendishly complex. Former World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy says it’s like taking an “egg out of an omelet.” Brexit, as the withdrawal is known, poses risks to people and businesses that could […]