General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trade
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…
109 viewsAuthorities 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…
109 viewsHobart Owen, Economics Columnist for the Washington Post, and C. Fred Bergsten, Director of the Institute for International Economics, participated in a live call-in program. The guests spok…
67 viewsMr. Daley discussed the effort to garner congressional support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He stated that the most important aspect of congressional support is publi…
32 viewsGerman Bundesbank President Helmut Schlesinger spoke to a gathering of U.S. finance officials and analysts on the economic situation facing Germany and the rest of Europe as the European Com…
35 viewsThe guests discussed the G-7 Summit and the progress in opening trade markets with Japan and throughout the world. Ambassador Mickey Kantor emphasized the importance of additional talks sche…
93 viewsParticipants discussed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and upcoming trade talks with Japan and the importance of the succe…
50 viewsThe guest speakers discussed their views on what our trade policy should be on other nations and the impact of our current policy on the U.S. and global economies. The panelists took audienc…
194 viewsTreasury Secretary Llyod Bentsen spoke to a group interested in furthering international commerce on current American trade policy. Issues raised in his remarks included the North American F…
45 viewsEconomists spoke in a forum on initiatives for long term economic growth sponsored by the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan group of then current and former legislators and economists that wer…
37 viewsFormer Federal Reserve chairman, Paul Volcker, delivered the keynote address at this forum hosted by the Concord Coalition. He explained the goals, principles, and elements of a balanced bud…
38 viewsOn this viewer call-in program, the guests assessed the merits of the Clinton economic stimulus plan in relation to deficit reduction, creating jobs, impacting trade, and effecting the overa…
32 viewsThe House Ways and Means Committee heard testimony on the recently completed G-7 summit in Tokyo, Japan. Ambassador Mickey Kantor analyzed the president’s accomplishments at the summit and t…
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