Dec 03, 2016 02:23 PM

ECONOMY

Ex-WTO Chief Says Trump’s Protectionist Talk Mostly Just That

(Beijing) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s protectionism rhetoric is unlikely to escalate into concrete action because it will harm the U.S. economy “first and foremost,” said Pascal Lamy, the former director-general of the World Trade Organization, here on Saturday at the Caixin Summit.

Pascal Lamy

Pascal Lamy, the former director-general of the WTO, speaks at the seventh Caixin Summit on Saturday. Photo: Caixin

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