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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Some of you will have read, or perhaps written, stories about a Plan B to be implemented in the event that the Hong Kong ministerial conference falls short of our objectives.
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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 hope that this will convince them that it is worth taking further steps.
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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.
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The U.S. have taken useful steps ... there is much more to do.
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The U.S. decision to go down the route of protectionism is a major setback for the world trading system,
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They made a step forward in recognizing U.S. farm programs will have to be reformed.
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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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What people commit to WTO they watch much more carefully than they did before,
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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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you have to go as near as possible to the people who want to punch you.
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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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I am half asleep but the negotiations are wide awake.