Archives de Tag: Director-General of The World Trade Organization (2005-2013)
POLITICO Pro Morning Trade: CBAM week
IT’S CBAM WEEK: The European Commission will this week publish the biggest legislative package it’s ever rolled out: Fit for 55. It’s a mammoth collection of policy measures aimed at allowing the EU to cut emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030. Massive changes are in store for everyone: people, businesses, governments. Why you […]
EU’s carbon border levy risks death by a thousand cuts
— By Paola TammaJuly 6, 2021, 6:11 pm | View in your browser To see a chart about the countries most exposed to an EU carbon borderlevy, view this article in your browser. This article is part of POLITICO’s Fit For 55 series. It is fitting that the European Commission is finally set to propose a carbon border tax […]
G20 urged to do more to support global vaccine distribution
New alliance of multilateral institutions warns vaccine inequity could curb economic recovery The worldwide economic recovery will be held back massively unless world leaders do more to end the growing divergence of vaccine distribution, a new alliance of the world multilateral institutions has said. The International Monetary Fund director, Kristalina Georgieva, said the G7 agreement […]
Free traders buckle up for French EU presidency
Diplomats from liberal, free-trading nations already fear pushback from protectionists in Paris. BY BARBARA MOENS AND GIORGIO LEALI July 5, 2021 5:15 pm Attention, les Français débarquent! The French are closing in! France’s presidency of the Council of the European Union is still six months away, but the cries of alarm are already going up about what will happen to […]
Newsletter Paris Influence: PFUE
ATTENTION, LES FRANÇAIS DÉBARQUENT : la présidence slovène du Conseil de l’UE a beau commencer ce jeudi, les regards sont déjà rivés sur les Français qui prendront leur relais semestriel en janvier 2022. Et non sans inquiétude, pour certains États membres champions du libre-échange qui préparent déjà leur contre-offensive, d’après plusieurs diplomates et fonctionnaires de ces […]
Free traders buckle up for the French:
Politico Morning Trade – Slovenia is still gearing up to take over the rotating Council of the EU presidency on Thursday, but some trade diplomats are already starting to worry about who comes next: the French. What are they worried about? More liberal and open trade-minded countries are worried in particular that come January 2022 […]
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