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Global Regulators Ease Rules To Boost Trade With Low-Income Countries

Posted 12.25.2011 | Business
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LONDON/PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Global banking regulators eased their capital reserves rules on Tuesday to boost trade with low-income countries,...

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Trade Finance and the Financial Crisis

Otaviano Canuto | Posted 11.28.2011 | Impact
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Otaviano Canuto

As the 2008-9 financial crisis spread from its epicenter in the United States to the rest of the world, policy makers found themselves in uncharted wa...

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Global Finance Proposal Threatens Trade Finance

James Bacchus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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James Bacchus

Financial diplomats are right in seeking tougher capital requirements for the world's banks. But they must be careful to keep any new standards from...

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