A few thoughts and observations on the big G-20 wingding here in Washington:
1)The financial footprint of this hastily-called meeting will be far less than the carbon footprint.
2) The best thing that could come out of it would be a joint statement that was as ringing in its defense of free markets and free trade as was the speech yesterday by President Bush.
3) This meeting show s outsized sense of self-importance by France and perhaps the entire EU. What could possibily be achieved in terms of a new Bretton Woods without the attendence of the next U.S. president and the contribution of China, which probably will not sign onto any new intrusive regulatory framework.
jan @ Apr 05, 2009 20:45:08 PM
W C Lestina of @ Nov 17, 2008 11:47:59 AM