Language is another big difficulty.

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But his difficulty in giving that big speech on Europe in about a week's time is what if he's wrong on any one of those ifs?

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Regardless of the amount of difficulty involved, the big four emerging markets plus South Africa said earlier this week they were considering setting up a foreign-exchange reserve pool and a currency-swap arrangement in an effort to avoid any credit crisis stemming from the advanced economies.

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