The Reagan team also abandoned its laisser-faire attitude to currency markets and, through the Plaza Agreement, engineered a sharp drop in the dollar.

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Italian retailer Benetton Group SpA, whose order forms were found in the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza factory, is strongly considering signing the agreement, according to a person close to the company.

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The G20 summit in Seoul will not produce a comprehensive global agreement along the lines of the 1985 Plaza Accord.

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In September, 1985, a group of international financial heavyweights gathered at the Plaza Hotel on 59th Street in New York and hammered out a currency agreement.

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