The Joint Shadow committeesbelieve that individual countries" growth and world-wide economic development can be accelerated by competitive and open financial markets.

This is the fifth joint statement of the Asian, European, Japanese, Latin American, and the U.S. Shadow Financial Regulatory Committees.

On these quite intensive days for Government and the Parliament we deem it relevant and appropriate to reflect upon the issue of competition. This word has been frequently abused and idolized as the goal of any market process instead of being considered an instrument, a process regulated for the benefit...

One year after the Fukushima disaster, nuclear energy policy is moving in two opposite directions. While much of the world, led by Germany, is embracing caution and winding down nuclear energy ambitions, the US, Britain, France and Russia are poised to boost their nuclear estate.

The United States’ lack of involvement in the increasingly integrated economic development of East Asia may have a profound effect on American producers, consumers, and overall U.S. economic growth. Countries in the Asia-Pacific region are embracing integrated economic regimes through bilateral trade agreements and the formation of regional multilateral architecture....

In 2011, the United States’s sleepy free trade agenda finally got a shot of caffeine, but if the U.S. wants to seriously bolster its economy in 2012, policymakers ought to anchor their boats to the quay of an aggressive free trade agenda.

On February 3, 2008, Boris Tadić was reelected president of Serbia on a platform calling for greater integration with Europe. Shortly afterwards, and as expected, Kosovo’s prime minister announced that the Kosovar parliament would within days declare Kosovo’s independence from Serbia. Kosovo’s imminent declaration presents a significant diplomatic challenge for...

Since his inauguration as president of Taiwan this May, Ma Ying-jeou has pursued a three-pronged strategy. First, he has attempted to improve relations with Beijing. Second, he has tried to secure a more meaningful international participation for Taiwan. Third, he has continued to seek arms from the United States to...