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Pascal Lamy, in his report to the General Council on 14 February 2012, said that “the current political environment dictates that the most realistic and practical way forward is to move in small steps, gradually moving forward the parts of the Doha...
Why would some countries, mostly in the least developed category, aspire to join the multilateral platform while others are trying to dodge it? Pascal Lamy: In trade matters, we have a multilateral platform that has been built constantly for the last...
Pascal Lamy (R) , Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), EU Trade Commission Karel De Gucht (C) and U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk attend a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 28, 2012. View Photo »
Frankly, things do not look good
But negotiations rolled on and compromises on agriculture were eventually made. However, the next major hurdle proved to be much harder to overcome. "We know which of the 20 themes is really blocking a deal: the reduction of tariffs on industrial...
Negotiations have remained stuck on the same issues with countries making no effort to bring a plausible deal to the table. Liberalising global trade will require some fresh ideas instead of repeating what has been said for long At the recent Davos...
Besides Sharma, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and Rob Davis of South Africa were present. The meeting hosted by the Swiss authorities was also attended by Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy. US...
...(from L) Moderator Robert Z. Lawrence, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan, Brazilian airplane maker Embraer President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht,... View Photo »
O sistema multilateral de comércio que Pascal Lamy propõe seria um importante passo à frente na reconstrução da economia global
Besides Sharma, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and Rob Davis of South Africa were present. The meeting hosted by the Swiss authorities was also attended by Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy. US...
Besides Sharma, Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota and Rob Davis of South Africa were present. The meeting hosted by the Swiss authorities was also attended by Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy. US...
Pascal Lamy (born 8 April 1947) is the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, a French political advisor, a businessman, and a former European Commissioner for Trade. Lamy is Honorary President of Paris-based think tank Notre Europe. Full Article
...(from L) Moderator Robert Z. Lawrence, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan, Brazilian airplane maker Embraer President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General...
View Photo »World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy talks during the WEF session 'After Doha: The future of global trade' at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 28, 2012.
View Photo »Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), speaks during a panel session at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012.
View Photo »CORRECTS TRANS REF. NUMBER -WTO director-general Pascal Lamy, left, talks to India's trade minister Anand Sharma before a meeting of trade ministers Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Davos, Switzerland.
View Photo »World Trade Organisation (WTO) Chief Pascal Lamy attends the 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 27, 2012 in Davos. More than 2,600 businessmen, politicians, leaders of non-governmental organisations or scientists and hundreds of journalists pack the resort each year for the...
View Photo »Thomas Donohue, CEO and President of the US Chamber of Commerce (R) talks with World Trade Organisation (WTO) Chief Pascal Lamy at the WEF meeting 2012 in Davos on January 26, 2012. More than 2,600 businessmen, politicians, leaders of non-governmental organisations or scientists and...
View Photo »(From L) Director and anchor of CCTV moderator Rui Chenggang, Yale University President Richard Levin, World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy, Hony Capital CEO John Zhao, Nasdaq QMX Group CEO Robert Greifeld attend a TV debate hosted by Chinese CCTV during the World...
View Photo »(From L) Yale University President Richard Levin, World Trade Organisation Chief Pascal Lamy, Hony Capital CEO John Zhao, Nasdaq QMX Group CEO Robert Greifeld attend a TV debate hosted by Chinese CCTV during the World Economic Forum meeting 2012 in Davos on January 26, 2012. More than...
View Photo »World Trade Organisation (WTO) Chief Pascal Lamy attends a TV debate by Chinese CCTV during the World Economic Forum meeting 2012 in Davos on January 26, 2012. More than 2,600 businessmen, politicians, leaders of non-governmental organisations or scientists and hundreds of journalists...
View Photo »Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organization, WTO, arrives for a panel session at the 42nd annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. The overarching theme of the meeting, which will take place from Jan. 25 to 29, is...
View Photo »Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, January 26, 2012.
View Photo »World Trade Organization General director, French Pascal Lamy speaks during the debate 'France in globalization', as part of The days of Nantes event organized by the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur on January 21, 2012 in Nantes, western France.
View Photo »Members of the audience listen to World Trade Organization General director, French Pascal Lamy (C) answering on a stage journalists' questions from Laurent Joffrin (L), chief-editor of weekly magazine 'Le Nouvel Observateur' and Jean-Marie Biette, departemental director of Ouest-France...
View Photo »World Trade Organization General director, French Pascal Lamy (C) answers journalists' questions from Laurent Joffrin (L), chief-editor of weekly magazine 'Le Nouvel Observateur' and Jean-Marie Biette, departemental director of Ouest-France newspaper, during the debate 'France in globalization',...
View Photo »Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina (L) and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy (R) hold the documents during a signing ceremony on Russia accession to the World Trade Organization on December 16, 2011 in Geneva. Russia secured the final approval to...
View Photo »Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Elvira Nabiullina (L) and WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy (R) hold the protocol documents in front of (L to R) Nigerian ambassador Frederick Agah, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey,...
View Photo »WTO Director general Pascal Lamy (R) holds a sign with Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development (C) next to Igor Shuvalov, Russia Deputy Prime Minster of Russia after the signature of the accession of the Russian Fedration as WTO member in Geneva December 16, 2011. The World...
View Photo »Chairman of the eighth World Trade Organization ministerial conference Nigerian Trade Minister Olusegun Aganga (R) brought the hammer down and declared that the trade body approved Russia's accession next to WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy as the World Trade Organization gave its second...
View Photo »World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy (Far R) talks to Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov (Far L) prior to a WTO ministerial meeting on December 16, 2011 in Geneva. Russia secured the final approval to join the World Trade Organization after a record 18...
View Photo »Igor Shuvalov, Russia Deputy Prime Minster of Russia (L) laughs with WTO Director general Pascal Lamy (R) along with Elvira Nabiullina, Minister of Economic Development (2nd R) and Ambassador Valery Loshchinin (2nd L) before Russia was officially accepted as a WTO member during the 8th...
View Photo »World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy, right, poses for a photograph with Russian Deputy Prime Minster Igor Shuvalov, center, and Russian Minister of Economic Development Elvira Nabiullina, left, during the accession of Russia to the organization at the 8th...
View Photo »World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy gestures during the start of a WTO ministerial conference on December 15, 2011 in Geneva. Protectionism is a growing threat as the global economy falters and could cost hundreds of billions of dollars (euros), ministers and...
View Photo »World Trade Organization's (WTO) director-General Pascal Lamy (L) reacts next to Chairman of the conference Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga during the opening of a WTO ministerial conference on December 15, 2011 in Geneva. Protectionism is a growing threat as the global economy falters and...
View Photo »World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy looks on before the opening of the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva December 15, 2011.
View Photo »World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy (L) poses with Swiss Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann before the opening of the 8th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva December 15, 2011. The WTO clinched a landmark reform of its Government Procurement Agreement on...
View Photo »...(from L) Moderator Robert Z. Lawrence, Minister of Trade of Indonesia Gita Wirjawan, Brazilian airplane maker Embraer President and CEO Frederico Fleury Curado, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, European Commission Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General...
View Photo »If you have both, it is worse. These two things, unfortunately, synchronize each other
O sistema multilateral de comércio que Pascal Lamy propõe seria um importante passo à frente na reconstrução da economia global
You have to compromise. This is for the moment a vicious circle. Their capacity to drive globally is weakening
Il sistema di scambi multilaterale proposto da Pascal Lamy rappresenterebbe un importante passo avanti nella ricostruzione dell’economia globale
Frankly, things do not look good
El sistema de comercio multilateral que propone Pascal Lamy sería un paso muy importante hacia la reconstrucción de la economía mundial
In a context of greater economic uncertainty and rising global risks, it is all the more important that the process of global trade opening continues
The multilateral trading system Pascal Lamy proposes would be an important step forward in rebuilding the global economy
The outlook for the global economy has worsened considerably in recent months
