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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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.
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We are hopeful we will be able to finalize a deal in the coming period,
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What we need now is this market access part of the negotiations to move, and it has to move very rapidly if we want to keep any chance for Hong Kong to succeed.