Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamy
Pascal Lamyis a French political consultant and businessman. He was the Director-General of the World Trade Organizationuntil 1 September 2013. His appointment took effect on 1 September 2005 for a four-year term. In April 2009, WTO members reappointed Lamy for a second four-year term, beginning on 1 September 2009. He was then succeeded by Roberto Azevêdo. Pascal Lamy was also European Commissioner for Trade and is currently the Honorary President of the Paris-based think tank, Notre Europe...
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Movement in those two areas would be helpful not only for the agriculture negotiations overall, but for the entire round.
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it would present us with problems far more profound than in the past, because unlike the others, the deadline is real.
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Europe and the United States are moving on farm issues. This is good news,
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Both need to make efforts, and that is the issue that will allay concerns of many developing countries who want freer trade -- and things will be a lot better.
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We have a huge amount of work to do in very little time. This is the message I will be sending to the ministers I will be meeting with.
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Whichever goal I may have, this is the main one. It is the one that will decide whether I have water under the boat or not to sail to other horizons,
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We need to act now, ... It is clearly essential that we keep up the pressure in agriculture, and this week's meetings are important in that respect.
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If adopted the actions recommended to the president would drastically reduce U.S. steel imports with severe implications for both the EU and third countries,
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I am half asleep but the negotiations are wide awake.
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What people commit to WTO they watch much more carefully than they did before,
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you have to go as near as possible to the people who want to punch you.
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There is not a sufficient level of convergence among members on the level of ambition in the key areas of the negotiations, ... If we try this jump and miss it, we might lose what has been achieved already.
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Everyone - developing countries and developed countries - have to give a little ... in order to get this process moving forward, which will benefit everyone around the world.
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I want to be very clear that we would have no alternative but to examine all options, both bilateral and multilateral, to protect our industry from the consequences of U.S. action.