Highlights | The Bretton Woods Committee

Media	Title	Date posted
	Regional Spotlight 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.	Mon, Jul 30, 2018
	Policy Update U.S. Supreme Court to Hear IFC Case In October 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case Budha Jam et. al. v. IFC (International Finance Corporation). The case will interpret the validity of immunities of international organizations under the U.S. International Organizations Immunities Act (“IOIA”).	Fri, Sep 28, 2018
	Regional Spotlight U.S. Economic and Trade Leadership Globally: Post Election Analysis On November 10, 2016, the Bretton Woods Committee hosted the virtual conference, Regional Spotlight – U.S. Economic and Trade Leadership Globally: Post Election Analysis, to explore the impact the incoming U.S. Administration and Congress may have on U.S. international economic and trade policies. The event featured speakers James Bacchus, Chair, Global Practice at Greensberg Traurig and former Congressman (D-FL), and Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at German Marshall Fund and former Congressman (R-AZ).	Fri, Nov 11, 2016
	Blog Post Joerg Bibow: Trade and Finance: The Two Sides of Today’s Coin of Conflict Joerg Bibow is Professor of Economics at Skidmore College and a Research Associate at the Levy Institute at Bard College.	Wed, May 22, 2019
	Blog Post Kevin P. Gallagher and Richard Kozul-Wright: Towards A New Multilateralism for Shared Prosperity Kevin P. Gallagher is Professor and Director of the Global Development Policy Center at Boston University, USA, follow him @KevinPGallagher.	Wed, May 8, 2019
	The WTO in Uncertain Times: A Transatlantic Partnership for Reform? The World Trade Organization (WTO) has been dealing with a number of systemic challenges which require meaningful progress on crucial issues, including: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, reforming the dispute settlement system, reaching agreement on fisheries subsidies, updating trade rules for the transitions to digital and green economies, and tackling market-distorting policies and practices.	Mon, Dec 13, 2021
	Blog Post Barbara Matthews: The Relevance of Bretton Woods in a Distributed, Cryptocurrency Age Barbara C. Matthews is the Founder and CEO of BCMstrategy, Inc., a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, and non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.	Wed, Aug 14, 2019
	The Promise of Crypto and Ensuring Effective Regulation The crypto market has lost two-thirds of its market capitalization in 6 months. Does DeFi technology still hold promise despite this crash? What needs to be done to effectively regulate this volatile industry to ensure investor security, consumer protection, and market integrity? Advocates of DeFi solutions argue that these new technologies could be used to provide significant benefits in terms of access, cost, and the ease of using financial services.	Thu, Oct 13, 2022
	Blog Post Barbara Matthews: The Next 75 Years – Coping with Decentralization and Geopolitical Rebalancing The Bretton Woods 75th anniversary coincides with accelerating angst regarding rising populism and growing backlash against multilateralism.	Tue, Mar 5, 2019
	Author Spotlight Martin Wolf: The IMF Today and Tomorrow Martin Wolf is a contributing author to the Bretton Woods@75 Compendium. Our Author Spotlight series highlights the thought leadership of contributing authors to the Bretton Woods@75 initiative.	Tue, Jun 4, 2019