Pascal Lamy, the former Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), says US consumers will end up paying more for goods if President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports goes ahead. Mr Trump said the US was losing billions of dollars through ‘bad’ trade policies, and any trade war would be […]
Les négociations sur le Brexit, les élections italiennes sur fond d’euroscepticisme, création du gouvernement allemand… Pascal Lamy est interviewé par Caroline Broué pour apporter son regard sur l’actualité européenne.
Pascal Lamy, President emeritus of the Jacques Delors Institute and WTO Director-General, is interviewed by Richard Quest, journalist of CNN, to discuss President Trump’s stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
The President emeritus of the Jacques Delors Institute and former Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, analyzes the consequences of Donald Trump’s decision to tax imported steel and aluminum in the United States and the European response to it.
Mr. Trump is expected to sign a proclamation this week outlining his plan to impose the tariffs, which have angered close U.S. allies. European Union officials have suggested they could impose up to $3.5 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products almost immediately.
Le protectionnisme ne passera pas. Pas durablement, en tout cas. C’est le diagnostic de l’ancien directeur général de l’OMC (2005-2013). La guerre commerciale, promise par Donald Trump sur Twitter, qui cible l’acier et l’aluminium importés aux États-Unis renchérira mécaniquement les coûts de production des industriels américains, explique Pascal Lamy. Sans compter les mesures de rétorsion envisagées par […]
