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Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by alphabetaone
Martin said his talks with the U.S. presidential contenders, particularly the Democrat, Barack Obama, were most encouraging. “The Obama people … understand this issue. They understand that the United States has to do things differently.”
The meeting, which also included leaders from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, the current holder of the European Union's rotating presidency, was intended to hammer out a common European position ahead of the April meeting of the G-20, the group of industrialized economies and developing countries, in London. More Articles in World »
The impending G20 summit on 2 April could be one of the most important tests of global unity ever, unlike any that have gone before...
World leaders will gather in London, some of them with fresh ideas [for which read 'some of them with ancient schemes']...
..the biggest problem the G20 will face will be an already growing tendency towards national protection and self-interest...
Originally posted by pause4thought
Seriously, though, some of the rhetoric sounds eminently sensible:
..the biggest problem the G20 will face will be an already growing tendency towards national protection and self-interest...
...unless of course you happen to be an informed reader, engaged in studying the G20 plans linked to here, and in other threads.
KAZAKH President Nursultan Nazarbayev has won backing for his plan for a single world currency from an intellectual architect of the euro currency, Nobel-prize winner Professor Robert Mundell...
...he received intellectual support from the Canadian economist Prof Mundell, who helped lay the intellectual groundwork for Europe's single currency.
"I must say that I agree with President Nazarbayev on his statement and many of the things he said in his plan, the project he made for the world currency, and I believe I'm right on track with what he's saying,'' Prof Mundell said, adding the idea held "great promise''.