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

[VIP Webinar Series] China’s Trade and Investment Scenario: Looking back and looking forward

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, the European Chamber hosted a ‘VIP Webinar Series’ in May 2020 with the world’s leading industry experts, scholars, political consultants and strategists, on a variety of topics including economy, politics, technology, sustainability, EU-China relation and EU-China-US triangle. The webinar series were well received and attracted over a thousand attendees. This […]

Le Pen, patriots and the anti-globalist movement

Pascal Lamy on the French election and the nationalist right. Gideon talks to former World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy about the French election and what political trends in France tell us about nationalism and anti-globalist movements around the world. Gideon Rachman : Hello and welcome to the Rachman Review. I’m Gideon Rachman, chief foreign […]

Putin, Ukraine and the revival of the west

[…] All of these discordant notes underline that any initial impression that the whole world had united in outrage against Russia was clearly misleading. Instead there is an “axis of outrage” centred on the western alliance and an “axis of indifference” centred on the Global South. Recommended War in Ukraine: free to read Weaponisation of […]

New world order? Pandemic and war rattle globalisation

PARIS: Globalisation, which has both fans and detractors alike, is being tested like never before after the one-two punch of Covid and war. The pandemic had already raised questions about the world’s reliance on an economic model that has broken trade barriers, but made countries heavily reliant on each other as production was delocalised over […]

The Future of Global Trade

What does the future hold for global trade? There is no shortage of challenges on the horizon: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Rising tensions between the United States and China. Enduring trade disputes and disguised protectionism. Faced with these challenges, what is the outlook for trade in the United States, Asia, and Europe? What kind of […]

Πασκάλ Λαμί στην «Κ»: Η επιβράδυνση της παγκοσμιοποίησης δεν σημαίνει το τέλος της

Βιώνουμε καθεστώς «slowbalisation» – Η Ευρώπη πληρώνει 2/3 των εξόδων της Ρωσίας στην Ουκρανία – Μια παγκοσμιοποιημένη Κίνα είναι μια καλύτερη Κίνα [English version below] Πρόωρη χαρακτηρίζει στην «Κ» την είδηση του θανάτου της παγκοσμιοποίησης ο πάλαι ποτέ σύμβουλος του Ζακ Ντελόρ, πρώην επικεφαλής του Παγκόσμιου Οργανισμού Εμπορίου, Πασκάλ Λαμί, εξηγώντας ότι τα σοκ από […]