This AEI conference will address the importance and impact of the APEC summit, as well as long-term U.S. policy and interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Lehman bankruptcy shows how a territorial system can destroy value and create arbitrary and unnecessary risks and losses for creditors, problems which could have been avoided with a Debtor Selection System.

Dambisa Moyo, Nicholas Eberstadt, Paul Wolfowitz, and Mauro De Lorenzo will discuss the importance of global financial institutions in Africa's future.

The G20 summit did little harm, but it did little to save the world, either. Leaders did not come to terms on fixing the banks, and until that happens, the world economy will continue to stagger along.

Nothing will be discussed at the G20 summit that could not have been discussed on the telephone.

President Obama's decision to slap tariffs on low-end Chinese tires will hurt our relations abroad without helping American workers or customers.

Politicians seeking to appease popular opinion with protectionist measures could set back a global economic recovery for decades.

As speculation of U.S. action on China's alleged currency manipulation intensifies, this paper outlines the bills, proposals and comments that make up the political background to this debate.