Archives de Tag: Director-General of The World Trade Organization (2005-2013)
European-style carbon taxes destined to spread, says former trade chief
By Nick O’Malley April 17, 2021 Angus Taylor is against it and Scott Morrison might insist that Australian policy will not be set in Brussels, but according to one of its key architects the European carbon tariff is not only all but inevitable, but fair and reasonable too. The tariff, which would hit energy intensive imports […]
EDITORIAL: PREPARATION NECESSARY
ON Sunday January 3, 2016, David Jesopp penned his column in this newspaper, under the caption, “Is the Doha round at an end?”. It was a remarkable question coming so soon after the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded its 10th Ministerial Conference weeks earlier (in December 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya) with little or no headway […]
Business Monday: no more special treatment
SPECIAL and Differential Treatment (SDT) – one of the demands Barbados and other developing countries have been pressing for within the Global Round of trade negotiations – will no longer be considered. That’s because it will no longer be part of the trade agenda going forward. SDT was promoted by developing countries, mainly the Small and Vulnerable […]
Vaccins anti-COVID : l’Europe durcit le ton
Pascal Lamy était l’invité de Radio Canada dimanche 28 mars 2021. Constatant que les États-Unis interdisent toute exportation de vaccins produits sur leur territoire et que le Royaume-Uni ne joue pas le jeu de la réciprocité, les Européens durcissent le ton. La Commission européenne a pris cette semaine des dispositions qui lui permettent de mieux […]
Pascal Lamy : « La France, on la regarde, on l’admire le plus souvent »
Entretien Par sa géographie et par son histoire, par son économie et sa culture, la France reste une puissance dont la voix porte dans le monde, rappelle Pascal Lamy, ancien directeur général de l’OMC, dont l’interview ouvre notre séquence de trois semaines « Les ressources de la France ». Recueilli par Antoine d’Abbundo et Mathieu Castagnet, le 29/03/2021 La […]
Pascal LAMY 