A new report outlines fifty-seven specific recommendations for restructuring financial regulation.

The Transatlantic Law Forum, a joint initiative of the American Enterprise Institute and the Council on Public Policy, will explore the institutional and legal dimensions of the financial crisis at its 2010 annual conference.

Putting the treaty against counterfeit medicines under the auspices of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime is on balance with a poor idea. WHO is, for now, still the best institution under which to negotiate and achieve a treaty for improving the quality of medicines.

The fall meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund held hopes of constructive, multilateral dialogue to defuse the currency wars, but did not provide decisive results.

Whatever the outcome of Doha, a deep rethinking of the premises and operations of the global trading system is now inevitable.

Given the bleak outlook for the World Trade Organization Doha Round, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement will become the single most important US trade initiative over the next several years.

Statement No. 1

Taipei, July 12, 2004

Regional financial integration is seen as an important way to promote an efficient allocation of resources supportive of economic development and financial stability in a region. The creation of a regional bond market became a popular subject of discussion among financial...

The twin principles of home country supervision and mutual recognition should be supplemented in the short run by a clear allocation of responsibilities in times of crisis, and a mechanism to ensure that all financial institutions operating in Europe have an effective lead supervisory authority.