Catégorie Europe
La politique commerciale de l’Europe face à des injonctions contradictoires
Sous la pression des opinions, l’UE cherche à inclure dans ses accords de libre-échange des clauses sévères sur l’environnement et les droits humains. Mais les pays en développement y voient une forme d’impérialisme réglementaire, au moment où l’Union veut diversifier débouchés et approvisionnements. Par Karl De Meyer Publié le 22 mars 2023 à 16:33Mis à jour […]
UN climate report shows world is flying blind into the storm
Another thing to fear about climate change is how much scientists still don’t know. BY KARL MATHIESEN AND ZIA WEISE MARCH 20, 2023 3:30 PM CET But a sprawling assessment of tens of thousands of scientific papers on the state of the planet, released Monday, pointed to another unsettling truth: Scientists still don’t have answers to many of the questions that […]
Europe’s new climate plan: Don’t burn coal, burn your EU ideals!
Brussels is ditching its free-market beliefs to compete with China and the US in a clean energy arms race. Here’s a new bumper sticker idea for European Union officials: Don’t burn fossil fuels, set fire to your principles instead. The European Commission is preparing to ditch a raft of long-held free-market ideals in order to […]
LAMY’S MERCOSUR CHEAT SHEET
LAMY’S MERCOSUR CHEAT SHEET: With the EU-Mercosur trade deal facing its moment of truth, Morning Trade talked with commerce guru Pascal Lamy, a former trade commissioner and WTO chief. Lamy said the Commission should be bolder and ask capitals to endorse the deal in a vote. Time’s up: “The Commission should ask the Council for a vote, […]
EU hopes Macron will budge on Latin American trade deal
‘We all expect a shift in Paris but this has not been tested politically yet,’ says one EU diplomat. by Giorgio Leali, Camille Gijs, Sarah Anne Aarup·MAR 6·6 MINUTES READ Actions PARIS — The planets now seem aligned to finally push a trade deal between the EU and Latin American countries over the finish line. Well, all planets […]
French resistance questioned as EU-LatAm trade talks enter home stretch
‘We all expect a shift in Paris but this has not been tested politically yet,’ says one EU diplomat. by Giorgio Leali, Camille Gijs, Sarah Anne Aarup·2 HOURS AGO·6 MINUTES READ Actions PARIS — The planets now seem aligned to finally push a trade deal between the EU and Latin American countries over the finish line. Well, all […]
Pascal LAMY 