Archives de Tag: Director-General of The World Trade Organization (2005-2013)

Transition to a greener economy needs to accelerate – but how?

Key pressure facing businesses and governments is the pace of required action Cliff Taylor The potential economic cost of climate warming is by now undeniable. The lack of sufficiently rapid action internationally to deal with this may in part reflect the fact that the worst risks are some way off. But part of the problem […]

Carbon border tax would be a climate change ‘persuader’

Common feature of all proposals is a substantial tax on emissions from fossil fuels John FitzGerald Climate change is a policy challenge unlike most others, because success will require a global effort in a sphere which will bring significant upfront costs for each economy. And, although the world will benefit in the future from concerted policy […]

« L’apartheid vaccinal ? Nous y sommes ! Le Covid-19 divise le monde, sanitairement et économiquement »

Les pays développés ne sortiront pas du cauchemar de la pandémie si le reste du monde est exclu de la protection conférée par la vaccination. A ce constat s’ajoute le danger du creusement des divergences économiques entre Nord et Sud, observe dans sa chronique Sylvie Kauffmann, éditorialiste au « Monde ». Chronique. C’était, en miniature, un avant-goût de […]

Pascal Lamy, a former WTO boss and EU commissioner, lays out his views to Morning Trade on vaccines and the push to waive intellectual property rights.

IP WAIVER PROPOSAL DISTRACTS FROM US VACCINE NATIONALISM, FORMER WTO CHIEF SAYS: Washington’s support for lifting intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines could be a smart way to move the spotlight away from American vaccine nationalism, according to former World Trade Organization chief and EU trade commissioner Pascal Lamy. It is “difficult to assess the impact in […]

“El cáncer es bueno para su salud”, la ironía sobre la agroindustria global

Según el autor, restringir exportaciones cuando sobran stocks y faltan divisas es una cuestión psiquiátrica, no un drama de política comercial. Jorge Riaboi Actualizado al 05/05/2021 18:00 El ex comisionado de Comercio de la Unión Europea (UE) y ex director General de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), Pascal Lamy, una voz respetable de política exterior, parece […]

Euronews 05.05.2021 – Airbus-Boeing tariffs, EU look to resolve trade dispute ahead of July deadline

Pascal Lamy was interviewed this morning on Euronews regarding the EU-US trade relationships.