It has an ally in the IMF which has called for the BOE to slow the Basel III implementation timetable and look for ways to reduce bank funding costs by buying private sector assets such as bank bonds and providing long-term facilities such as are offered by the European Central Bank.

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And I think today what we see is leaders coming together with a sense of a common purpose to address what ways Europe can, again, solidify its implementation of that plan and what ways the international community can express support for their efforts going forward.

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There are plenty of ways to use foreign law appropriately -- most obviously in comparing standards for implementation in the case of treaties.

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