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Conférence de presse de l'ITC : l'impact des droits de douane américains sur les pays en développement - 11 avril 2025
Conférence de presse du CCI sur l'impact potentiel des tarifs douaniers américains sur les pays en développement.
Orateurs :
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, Centre du commerce international (CCI)
Julia Spies, Chef du département du commerce et de l'intelligence de marché, Centre du commerce international (CCI)
HISTOIRE : Incertitude tarifaire et potentiel - CCI
DURÉE : 03’11”
SOURCE : UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS : AUCUNE
LANGUE : ANGLAIS / SONS NATURELS
FORMAT D'IMAGE : 16:9
DATE : 11 AVRIL 2025 GENÈVE, SUISSE
Orateurs :
- Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, Centre du commerce international, CCI
LISTE DES PLANS
- Plan extérieur moyen : Palais des Nations, Allée des drapeaux
- Plan large, Orateurs au podium de la salle de presse, photographe.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Vous auriez vu que les États-Unis ont annoncé mercredi une pause de 90 jours sur les soi-disant tarifs réciproques sur les importations de la plupart des pays, abaissant les taux à 10 pour cent tout en augmentant les tarifs sur les importations en provenance de Chine à 145 pour cent. La Chine, entre-temps, a augmenté les tarifs sur les produits importés des États-Unis à 84 pour cent.»
- Plan moyen, orateurs au podium.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Ce ne serait pas la première fois qu'il y a des secousses dans le système économique mondial. Nous l'avons vu au cours des 50 dernières années sous différentes formes. Celle-ci est probablement un peu plus sévère, un peu plus tremblante.»
- Plan large, orateurs au podium, salle de presse, caméra de télévision, cabines de contrôle, écrans de télévision.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Il y aura donc des changements, je pense, dans les chaînes d'approvisionnement, il y aura une réévaluation des alliances mondiales. Il y aura des changements géopolitiques et économiques également.»
- Plan large, orateurs au podium, salle de presse.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Des pays comme le Mexique, la Chine et la Thaïlande, mais aussi des pays d'Afrique australe sont parmi les plus touchés, aux côtés des États-Unis eux-mêmes.»
- Plan large, salle de presse, journalistes, participants.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Le commerce mondial pourrait se contracter de trois pour cent, avec des changements significatifs à long terme dans les modèles commerciaux et l'intégration économique. Par exemple, les exportations du Mexique, qui ont été fortement impactées, se détournent des marchés tels que les États-Unis, la Chine, l'Europe et même d'autres pays d'Amérique latine, avec des gains modestes au Canada et au Brésil et dans une moindre mesure, en Inde.»
- Plan large, salle de presse, journalistes, écrans de télévision.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « De même, les exportations vietnamiennes se détournent des États-Unis, du Mexique et de la Chine, tout en augmentant considérablement vers des marchés mineurs comme l'UE, la Corée et d'autres.»
- Plan large, journalistes, photographe, écrans de télévision.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « Les pays les moins avancés, y compris le Lesotho, le Cambodge, le Laos, Madagascar et le Myanmar sont les plus exposés aux instabilités du système commercial mondial et les moins équipés pour s'adapter si nécessaire.»
- Plan moyen-large, salle de presse.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « La Chine et les États-Unis représentent environ trois pour cent à quatre pour cent du commerce mondial. Donc, si vous regardez cela en grands chiffres, il y a 96 pour cent qui commercent encore et qui continueront à commercer.»
- Plan moyen, photographe.
- EXTRAIT SONORE (Anglais) – Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Directrice exécutive, CCI : « L'extension indéterminée de 90 jours encore et encore ne se prête pas nécessairement à la stabilité. Donc, indépendamment du fait qu'il y ait une extension encore et encore, le fait qu'il n'y ait pas de stabilité, qu'il n'y ait pas de prévisibilité affectera le commerce et les entreprises et les décisions qui sont prises en temps réel.»
- Plan moyen-large, salle de presse.
- Plan large, orateurs au podium, photographe, journalistes.
- Plan large, orateurs au podium, photographe.
- Plan large, caméras de télévision, cabines de contrôle.
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