Archives de Tag: Director-General of The World Trade Organization (2005-2013)
Brexit : “A geopolitical and geoeconomic rivalry is about to start – even if they couch the relationship using nice, friendly, diplomatic language”
Diplomats warn over heady vision of future UK-EU relationship Britain could become a competitor on bloc’s doorstep, rather than the close partner it once was As he attended the UK’s last Brussels council meeting this week, Britain’s Europe minister Christopher Pincher offered a heady vision of his country’s future partnership with the EU after Brexit, […]
Addressing the new challenges of globalization is not about moving back to unilateralism or confrontation. On the contrary, it will imply new forms of cooperation.
Some believe globalization is a solution to the world’s problems, while others claim that its political, economic and social impact is largely negative. Technology and ideology have been the most significant influences on globalization over the past decade. Technological progress has altered economic trends, promoted exchange between different countries, and diversified and localized production in […]
« There’s a long way ahead for globalization, and its negative impacts can be eliminated, and dividends can be shared »
World needs to tackle problems amid process of economic globalization By Zhong Sheng “Economic confrontations” and “domestic political polarization” are considered the top risks this year by the Global Risks Report 2020 recently issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). The report holds that 2020 is going to be a year that sees severer polarization and […]
Strange New World Geoeconomics vs Geopolitics
Pascal Lamy, Nicole Gnesotto Where is the world heading? Towards a “new world disorder” marked by the resurgence of geopolitical conflicts and state-sponsored violence or towards an ineluctable economic convergence? Building on their expertise in economics, defense, and European affairs, former Director-General of the World Trade Organization Pascal Lamy and defense analyst Nicole Gnesotto do […]
l’ORD et son organe d’appel, « c’est un très grand succès mais fragile »
A Genève, le blues des gendarmes du commerce La pression ne cesse de monter, à Genève, dans les locaux grisâtres de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce, dont Donald Trump vient d’enfoncer un peu plus le clou du cercueil en paralysant son système juridique. L’Organisation mondiale du com- merce prend l’allure du grand fleuve canadien, le Saint-Laurent. En […]
U.S. blocking WTO judge reappointment : « International relations are not a sport for fighting »
Chinese Article : NIKKEI English translation : 1) The United States has unilaterally refused to supplement or reappoint judges. A “It’s an unacceptable blackmail that you can’t do in international relations. Are they dissatisfied with the results of the judgment or the dissatisfaction system itself? The US is threatening not to accept the WTO budget […]
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