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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-02-09 12:08 PM
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So what happened at the G20? The European view.
Here is my loose, unprofessional translation of a couple of paragraphs from an article from one of the leading Austrian newspapers, Der Standard re Gordon Brown's comments on what happened at the G20:

London - Mit dem größten Konjunkturpaket der Geschichte und einer umfassenden Regulierung der Finanzmärkte wollen die G-20-Staaten die globale Wirtschaftskrise bekämpfen. Beim Weltfinanzgipfel in London verständigten sich die Staats- und Regierungschefs der führenden Industrie- und Schwellenländer am Donnerstag dazu auf insgesamt sechs Kernvereinbarungen, wie der britische Premierministers Gordon Brown in seiner Abschlusserklärung sagte.

Brown erklärte unter anderem, rund eine Billion US-Dollar (747 Mrd. Euro) sollten an Weltbank und Internationale Währungsfonds (IWF) fließen. Hedgefonds sollten global reguliert werden. Das Bankgeheimnis müsse beendet werden. Die Zentralbanken würden die expansionistische Politik fortsetzen. Die G-20-Staaten würden über den Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) eine Billion Dollar zur Verfügung stellen. Schwellenländer sollten mehr Mitspracherecht in der globalen Wirtschaftspolitik erhalten. Laut Brown sollen auch Bezahlungen und Boni für Manager weltweit geregelt werden.

Steueroasen

Die unkooperativen Steueroasen sollen noch am heutigen Donnerstag von der OECD auf drei Schwarzen Listen veröffentlicht werden, wie die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und der französische Staatspräsident Nicolas Sarkozy erklärten. Die Listen sollten deutlich machen, "inwieweit Staaten gegen die OECD-Kriterien verstoßen oder sie noch nicht vollkommen erfüllen", sagte Merkel.

The G-20 nations want to fight the global economic crisis with the largest bankruptcy plan in history and comprehensive regulation of the financial markets. At the international financial summet in London On Thursday, heads of state and heads of governments of the leading industrial and developing countriesagreed on six fundamental accords, as the British Prime Minister Gordon Brrown stated in his closing remarks.

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http://derstandard.at/



Brown explained that, among other things, about one billion U.S. dollars (747 bilion Euros) are to flow into the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Hedgefunds will be regulated worldwide. Bank secrecy must be ended. The central banks will continue their expansionist policies. The G-20 states will make a billion dollars accessible to the IMF. Developing countries will have more input into discussions regarding global economic policies. According to Brown the pay and benefits for managers shall be regulated worldwide.

Tax Havens

The German Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel and the French president Nicolas Sarkozy stated that, by this Thursday, the OECD will publicly announce a blacklist naming the uncooperative tax havens. The list will make clear "to what extent countries balk at the OECD-criteria or are unwilling to completely fulfill them," Merkel stated.

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My guess is that Obama hesitated about interfering the pay and benfits of managers. Regulating the pay and benefits of managers of private enterprises is not understood by anyone to be one of the powers of Congress or the president. International treaties are the highest law -- but then just try to enforce the tortures on the treatment of prisoners of war or torture on anyone in the Bush administration. So, my additional guess is that this agreement will be difficult to implement in the U.S. I assume Obama objected vociferously and strongly to the provision about regulating the pay and perks of executives. No wonder we aren't hearing much about what really went on. This article is as superficial as the rest of what I have read.
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