Faster trade possible thanks to circular economy
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The circular economy should link up with the currently popular
Former WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy. (By Associated Press)
concept of smart cities, former World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy said in Taipei Wednesday.
The Frenchman was addressing the 33rd Pacific Economic Community Seminar, devoted to “Smart Cities and Trade,” the Liberty Times reported.
The event discussed how to combine several fashionable concepts to promote faster trade and a sustainable economy.
Putting the circular economy into practice would be a key element in fostering global economic growth for the future, Lamy told the meeting. A consensus needed to be reached by local and central governments and across borders to amend laws in order to achieve structural change, he said. [FULL STORY]
