I've been in this business for 30 years and the Germans have never been a problem, the Germans were pushing the French in the right direction. Now, I have to go and tell the French to go and help the Germans. Pascal Lamy More Quotes by Pascal Lamy More Quotes From Pascal Lamy To set us on the right course we need to create more opportunities for trade, particularly in developing countries, and we need to adjust global trade rules to better meet the needs of entrepreneurs in the 21st century. Pascal Lamy entrepreneur opportunity country Today we can be sure we are heading into the right direction. We managed to put the round back on track, after a long hibernation. But we are not there yet. Pascal Lamy hibernation track long Globalization is incredibly efficient but also so far incredibly unjust. Pascal Lamy economic unjust inspiring It is not good news, but we have to face reality. Pascal Lamy news faces reality It is not so much the United States that is trying to push the European Union in one direction or another, it is developing nations as a whole that are pushing the United States and Europe to open their markets a little more. Pascal Lamy one-direction trying europe Russia and Ukraine are candidates for the entry to the WTO and their dispute would be easy to understand and tackle if they are both members of this organization. Pascal Lamy ukraine russia organization The U.S. president is taking trade decisions that are in total violation of the WTO rules, that was the case with these Mexican tariffs. The notion that you put a tariff because there are too many people crossing the border is just miles away from any letter and spirit of the WTO agreement. Which is why I qualify this as hostage-taking. Pascal Lamy business My reaction is it seems that hostage-taking works. That's my reaction, if there's a rule of law, it's because people believe it's better than the law of the jungle. And many people don't like the law of the jungle because some are strong, some are weak, and they don't want the strong to always step on the weak. Pascal Lamy business The others have to find a way to stabilize the multilateral rules-based system. Pascal Lamy business I can understand that from his side but he has to think about the impact of this on the continent, if you want a proper balanced, win-win relationship in the future, starting with tax competition is not the right way psychologically to prepare this negotiation. Pascal Lamy company-news I can understand that from his side but he has to think about the impact of this on the continent, i am quite convinced that at the end of the day, if you want a proper balanced, win-win relationship in the future, starting with tax competition is not the right way psychologically to prepare this negotiation. Pascal Lamy healthcare Boris felt before others that euroscepticism was an incredibly good mine for media, whether he had any adherence to the belief that the EU is a danger to the UK, I never thought that. He is too clever for that. He just found a way to make himself known. Pascal Lamy world Boris was fed with European milk. He was a European child in many ways. Pascal Lamy world
