Highlights

World Bank General Capital Increase, A Conversation with U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary Heath P. Tarbert

On Thursday, May 17, 2018 the Committee’s Legislative Task Force participated in a closed-door roundtable discussion with Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Investment Policy Heath Tarbert and a small group of Treasury officials from the Office of Multilateral Development Banks. The conversation allowed for the U.S. Treasury team to gather insights from voices of experience as they shape their strategy for moving the World Bank’s general capital increase package through the U.S. legislatives process.

Kenneth I. Levinson:
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.

Winter 2020

Winter 2020

Winter Newsletter: Congratulating Janet Yellen, Rome Investment Forum, Blog Contribution Call, and Remembering Jim Wolfensohn

Windows into the IFIs: The Outlook for Economic Growth and Investment in Asia

On January 27, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted its first virtual conference, Windows Into the IFIs: The Outlook for Economic Growth and Investment in Asia.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf:
What If Women Ruled The World

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a contributing author to the Bretton [email protected] Compendium. Our Author Spotlight series highlights the thought leadership of contributing authors to the Bretton [email protected] initiative.

We Want To Hear From You: BWC Blog – COVID19

The Committee invites all members to submit their thought leadership on COVID-19 via the BWC Blog.

The Bretton Woods Committee Blog aims to help global leaders envision how to evolve and strengthen the current rules-based economic system and encourage policymakers to recommit to the “spirit of Bretton Woods” and the value of international economic cooperation. Calls for submissions vary dependent upon timely global events but submissions are encouraged on any relevant topic on an ongoing basis.

James Bacchus:
We Need A Way Back To Multilateralism In Trade

James Bacchus is the former Chief Judge of the Appellate Body of the WTO in Geneva and a contributing author to the Bretton [email protected] Compendium.

Venezuela on the Brink – IMF to the Rescue?

On January 23, 2018, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference Regional Spotlight: Venezuela on the Brink? that explored the causes of the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, the regional and global ramifications of the instability, and the appropriate role for the international financial institutions and global community in responding.

U.S.-China Trade Tumult: Implications for Global Trade Rules

On July 17, 2018, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted a virtual conference U.S.-China Trade Tumult: Implications for Global Trade Rules, which explored issues central to the current trade dispute between the United States and China, and the wider ramifications for the World Trade Organization and multilateral trading system. Featured speakers included Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy at Columbia University, and David Dollar, John L. Thornton China Center Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.