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The principal authors talked with reporters about their book, China, the Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know about the Emerging Superpower, published by Public Affairs Press. The boo…

Scholars from the Center for Strategic and International Studies briefed the press on the upcoming visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao. Among the issues they addressed were trade relations …

Peter Peterson talked about his book Running On Empty: How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It, published by Farrar, Straus a…

Participants talked about the state of the global economy. Among the topics they addressed were perceptions of various financial markets, the economic growth and the financial markets in Jap…

On Tuesday, August 6, 2002 President Bush signed into law the Trade Act of 2002. Mr. Bergsten talked about trade authority as well as other international trade and economics issues of concer…

CEO’s from the nation’s leading think tanks talked about the need to include trade promotion authority for the president as part of a post-September 11 economic stimulus package. Following t…

The Leadership Council of Inter-American Summitry is an independent, nonpartisan group that studies and critiques the summit process. In a preliminary meeting, members presented a report on …

Frederick Kempe, wall Street Journal-Europe Editor, moderated this discussion on U.S.-German economic relations. The panelists examined several issues, including a single European currency, …

This is the second part where House Banking committee members heard testimony from scholars and economic experts regarding the financial crisis in East Asia. They talked about recent economi…

Mr. Young talked about the future of the Korean economy and the implementation of an assistance plan from the International Monetary Fund. He talked about how the plan would boost the econom…

Committee members heard testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan regarding the vulnerability of Asian markets. Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers and other economists also testi…

Panelists discussed the increasingly uneven income distribution in the U.S. and how it can be addressed through policy changes during a conference entitled "Restoring Broadly Shared Prosperi…

Fred Bergsten, Director for the Institute for International Economics, spoke about the recent developments in U.S.-Japan economic relations, including the recent automobile agreement. He als…

Senate Finance Committee members heard testimony on middle class tax cuts. They examined three tax reduction proposals--a $500 per child tax credit, a reduction in the marriage penalty, and …

Senate Judiciary Committee members heard testimony on the balanced budget amendment. A number of congressional, federal, and outside experts testified about the feasibility and legality of p…

Committee members heard testimony that focused on the agreement’s impact on the global economy and its influence on the U.S. economy.

Participants spoke on current American foreign policy and performance thus far under President Bill Clinton’s administration. James Hoge moderated this event which the American Society of Ne…

The panel questioned witnesses on U.S. policies for the Peoples' Republic of China. Mr. Vance, who was Secretary of State during the Carter administration, chaired this panel and said that r…

Witnesses testified on a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. Senator Paul Simon, who chaired this hearing, is the chief sponsor of the balanced budget proposal. …

Authorities on international trade briefed reporters on the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The GATT update was signed by more than 100 countries and cut tariffs…