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It is certainly a poor substitute for deeper tax
reform
aimed at making the system simpler, more transparent, and more progressive.
The US desperately needs comprehensive tax reform, ideally a progressive tax on consumption.
The EU has started legal proceedings against Poland, and it is calling on the Polish government to work with opposition parties to
reform
the court.
Such is the case with the stalled IMF quota reform, an issue where the rankings in fact are of some importance, but not in a zero-sum way.
Five years later, the US Congress is still holding up IMF quota
reform
– not because it would imply any loss of power or cost to US taxpayers, but because many members do not want to give Obama anything he asks for.
If the Congress does not pass the IMF quota reform, the US can hardly blame the Chinese for undertaking initiatives such as the AIIB on their own.
Seventy years later, even after America’s massive foreign-policy mistakes in Iraq and elsewhere, and even after Chinese GDP has supposedly caught up with America’s (at least in terms of purchasing power parity), the world remains ready to be led by the US, including on the crucial subjects of trade and IMF
reform.
He may speak about the need for reform; but after nearly a generation in power, his words can no longer be trusted.
Despite the current gridlock, however, the 111th Congress managed to pass a major fiscal stimulus, health-care reform, financial regulation, an arms-control treaty, and revision of the military policy on homosexuality.
Even if the National Assembly, to be elected in June, endorses his
reform
program, street-level resistance will be no less fierce than it has been over the last few years.
Proponents of the BRICS concept nonetheless remain hopeful that the group can serve as a catalyst for global institutional
reform.
The formation of the G-20, for example, was an improvisation designed to defer genuine financial
reform.
China is not on the same page as the other BRICS countries when it comes to global institutional
reform.
But, in the absence of serious political reform, income inequality will widen as crony capitalism sinks its roots more deeply.
India and China both need a renewed commitment to structural
reform
to sustain their economic growth.
The euro also provides important insights into the politics of economic
reform.
Deadlines were critical for economic
reform
in Europe, but one feature of deadlines is that they expire, and once they are gone, the pressure associated with them also subsides.
After the euro,
reform
in these areas still faces the traditional obstacles.
One of the main
reform
proposals, reportedly advocated by the United States and the European Union, is to move away from consensus-based decision-making – one of the WTO’s founding principles.
The current impetus for
reform
is driven by the desire to bring global trade negotiations back to the WTO.
Such a
reform
would eliminate individual countries’ veto power, allowing agreements to progress within the WTO even if certain members oppose them.
One possible
reform
would be to spell out clear criteria for when a country may use its veto power.
As the WTO’s members debate
reform
proposals, they need to ensure not only that the WTO becomes more efficient, but also that it is inclusive and delivers on development.
As it pursues far-reaching financial-sector reform, now is the time to do so.
The fear is that the recent stock-market crash may have spooked the government, causing it to slow the pace of reform, including efforts to open up China’s capital account.
Whether
reform
momentum is maintained will depend largely on whether the government recognizes that the crash was the result of a regulatory failure, or remains adamant that it was the work of some nefarious foreign force, determined to destroy the Chinese economy.
Judging by China’s
reform
progress in recent years, and the current government’s repeated promises to deepen those efforts, I am confident that the country’s leaders will respond to the recent crash by reaffirming the financial-reform agenda.
Both main candidates for German Chancellor are eager to rebuild post-Brexit Europe by strengthening the Franco-German axis – and the start of a French
reform
process would reassure German voters that their government, by easing EU austerity, would not merely be pouring money into a bottomless pit.
Russia’s lack of
reform
and adverse demographic trends imply low potential growth and insufficient financial resources to create the fiscal and transfer union that is needed to bring other countries in.
Moderation, tolerance, and a capacity for
reform
in equal measure are the watchwords of today's German conservatism.
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