Speakers and panellists included heads of government, ministers, chairs and chief executives of businesses, researchers, multi-lateral agencies and NGOs.
The post-1914 era was no gold-standard period, certainly not in the classical sense of there being adhered-to, multi-lateral consensus about sticking to gold conventions.
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Second, it should promote a multi-lateral free trade zone in Asia.
Technological breakthroughs such as multi-lateral drilling helped defy predictions of decline in Britain's North Sea that have been made since the 1980s: the region is only now peaking.
The IDS concludes that a multi-lateral Tobin Tax would be preferable but it could be effective if implemented unilaterally, at least if that were done in a large economy.
Yet the only way the TPP can be a successful multi-lateral trade agreement is if stringent and enforceable intellectual property safeguards are put in place to ensure a level playing field among all partners.
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Donors and impact investors, including bi-lateral and multi-lateral agencies, provide the foundational capital for all five pathways, but their role depends on whether they are focused on scaling proven models or innovating new models.
Indeed, there is nothing wrong with multi-lateral cooperation.
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday wrapped up a four-day tour of Japan, China and South Korea during which he lobbied Asian leaders to support a multi-lateral approach to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
"I am optimistic that the organisation can look at these very important issues that are a big part of today's business world, " he said, adding that the WTO needs to avoid a "disconnect" between business and the multi-lateral trading system.
Though the policymakers will be playing a straight bat here, saying a multi-lateral, co-ordinated approach is the only way, two top UK economists I've interviewed - one from the free market wing and one Keynesian - are remarkably close to saying it's time to forget worrying about protectionism, and for the mainstream to start responding to the demands for national solutions.
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