Member Views

WITA’s NextGenTrade® Presents: 21st Century Trade: Digital, Printed

While nations quarrel over sneakers and steel, trade policy is beginning to look beyond shipments of goods, say WITA’s Kenneth I. Levinson and Brunswick’s Robert Moran.

World Bank Presidents: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown

Now that Biden-nominated World Bank presidential candidate Ajay Banga has been confirmed, the chatter around Washington (apart from the debt ceiling debacle and the King Charles coronation) is all about whether he will be able to navigate the enormous challenges facing the institution. Banga certainly has a herculean task ahead of him when he takes the reins on June 2.

Xi Jinping Is Done With the Established World Order

BWC member and Atlantic Council "economist Hung Tran argued in a recent report, China aims to 'turn the BRICS group into a support organization for China’s geopolitical agenda' and a 'venue for anti-US political activism.'"

Xi Should Use His Sway Over Putin to Push Him to the Negotiating Table with Ukraine

BWC vice-chair William R. Rhodes writes in the South China Morning Post that Xi Jinping should "use his influence with Putin to push him to the negotiating table... after Ukraine’s counteroffensive."

China needs to change its "platitudes into a workable deal".

Xi's No-Show at the G20 is Another Sign of Deepening Divisions Around the World

BWC member Hung Tran in CBC:

"There would be serious implications if the G20 ceased to function..."

"'There is really no substitute... at that leaders' level that brings everybody together. And that's why the G20 came into being... it fills a void.'"

Yellen at the Treasury

President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury secretary – the 78th in US history and the first woman.

Yellen Should Act Quickly to Assist Financially Stricken Countries

The global economic meltdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has plunged many countries into potential external financial crises through no fault of their own.

Yemen economic spoils spat revs Red Sea rage

The Bretton Woods Committee is pleased to Member Spotlight an article by Gary Kleiman discussing the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen against the backdrop of recent Red Sea shipping raids. It highlights the ongoing conflict between the Iran-aligned Houthis in the North and the internationally recognized government backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the South.

Yes, our tax system needs reform. Let’s start with this first step.

While there’s plenty of disagreement about how the money should be used, almost everyone involved in public-policy debates agrees.

Zambia and Zimbabwe Turnarounds Display Drastic Dichotomy

BWC member Gary Kleiman writes on African sovereign debt that "while Zambia has the outlines of a new debt beginning, its neighbour has yet to begin to dig out from... choices that have isolated it from global capital markets and its own people..."