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But, rather than catalyzing sensible policy discussions, these issues played into polarized and polarizing politics, creating new and more immediate headwinds to economic growth.
In recent speeches and
discussions
with current and former central bankers, I have been criticized for focusing too much on the 0.9% trend of the past 21 quarters and paying too little attention to the 2% recovery phase of the post-crisis period.
Perhaps it is time for the Fed to place its internal
discussions
in a more explicit framework.
Moreover, the
discussions
that started several months ago about imbalances within the eurozone have floundered on the issue of the symmetry of adjustment.
Membership in effective international institutions brought these countries into consequential global policy discussions, while their own capabilities allowed them to exploit opportunities in cross-border production and consumption chains.
Their trading relationships are less stable; the trade pacts on which they depend are vulnerable; and their participation in global policy
discussions
is less assured.
Political
discussions
tend to revolve around three key issues: immigration controls, access to the single market, and passporting rights for financial services.
But politics continues to distort discussions, driving leaders to draw red lines on free movement and adopt mercantilist stances on financial services.
Discussions
about economics in Sao Paulo are as sophisticated as in New York.
Anxiety over unconventional monetary policies and “currency wars” must not continue to dominate global policy discussions, especially given last month’s pledge by G-20 leaders not to engage in competitive currency devaluations.
At the international level, the concept of “fair trade” – not to mention social displacement – should be a bigger part of policy
discussions.
To this end, the Fed has become much more “transparent” with markets in the last few years, sharing more readily the minutes and transcripts of its policy
discussions.
Perhaps anticipating these domestic vulnerabilities, Hezbollah encouraged and joined the resumption of National Dialogue
discussions
involving all of Lebanon’s main communities.
NATO’s Mediterranean emphasis was inaugurated in 1994 through the Mediterranean Dialogue, which linked countries like Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria, and Tunisia in security
discussions
with the Alliance.
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Discussions
in Beijing between US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping – the leaders of the world’s two largest carbon-emitting countries – produced an unexpected, groundbreaking bilateral agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions.
And was the ECB even on the right side of the table in these European debt
discussions?
The
discussions
took place in the Nazarbayev Centre, housed in an imposing and futuristic building designed by the renowned British architect Norman Foster.
This combination of status-seeking public relations and the provision of public goods that characterizes the Astana Club
discussions
has long been a feature of Kazakhstan’s foreign policy.
They also must consult more closely with educators and policymakers –
discussions
that should be informed by labor-market information, performance reviews, and the availability of employment services.
The periods around World War I and World War II are routinely overlooked in
discussions
that focus on deregulation of capital markets since the 1980s.
Moreover, whereas some states hope to revive the GGE process or enlarge it into a broader UN process, others are skeptical, and believe that future progress will be limited to
discussions
among like-minded states, rather than leading to universal agreements.
Innovation in government is not an intellectual luxury, a topic confined to seminars and panel discussions, or a matter only of administrative reforms.
But
discussions
about competition and fair trade again demonstrate the intellectual poverty and inequity of trade negotiations.
As the United States convenes foreign ministers from Arctic and key non-Arctic states in Alaska on August 31 to discuss climate change and other topics concerning the region, it is vitally important that disagreements in other parts of the world not be allowed to derail the
discussions.
In these discussions, all parties affirmed their readiness to cooperate regarding the Arctic.
Member states are divided on how to address this, and recent
discussions
in Brussels have only begun to make some progress.
For example the undervalued renminbi was successfully addressed in bilateral China-US
discussions
from 2004 to 2011.
Current
discussions
also tend to ignore – and even distort – the values that European institutional arrangements are supposed to serve.
To enable progress, confidentiality was vital (despite US negotiators’ claims that the
discussions
were wholly transparent).
In Chile and elsewhere,
discussions
of inequality tend to focus on how much people earn.
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