The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as CITES, is an international treaty designed to control and regulate international trade in certain animal and plant species that are now or potentially may be threatened with extinction.
Currently, 175 countries, including the United States, are parties to CITES. The Convention calls for biennial meetings in which one of the functions is to consider amendments to the lists of species possibly threatened with extinction.
We have a unique opportunity to provide public comments to 2 items related to big cats that the United States plans to submit for consideration.
First, the US continues to support a strong stance on tiger conservation and efforts to address illegal trade in tiger and other Asian big cat parts and derivatives. Of course, Big Cat Rescue fully supports this position.
Second, a proposal exists to remove Bobcats from the current list of protected species. BIG CAT RESCUE DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS POSITION.
Please write a letter to our CITES representatives, and let them know that you support strong tiger conservation, but you insist that they keep the Bobcat under Appendix II Protection.
Visit this page to use our sample letter: http://capwiz.com/bigcatrescue/issues/alert/?alertid=13810331&type=CU
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April 2005 Advances in IVF, aided by a sinister international trade in human eggs, have enabled women in their sixties to become mothers. But how old is too old to have a baby?
Adriana Iliescu hugs her baby tightly and covers her with kisses. At the age of 66, she's just become a mother for the first time. "My life has been made complete. The emptiness I felt in my life has been filled," she raves. But many people are less delighted she's a mother. "I think there's a sense of ridiculousness about a woman of that age imagining that she fulfils the model of motherhood," states bioethics campaigner Josephine Quintavalle. Adriana's pregnancy would not have been possible without another woman's donated eggs. And that's led to a sinister new trade, where teenagers from impoverished countries like Romania are lured into selling their eggs. Nineteen year old Alina Nodoku was one such donor. But the procedure went horribly wrong and she ended up being rushed to hospital. "I was feeling very bad. I was dizzy, I was vomiting," she recalls. Now she fears she may not be able to have children of her own. "Egg donation is not an easy process. In a sense, it makes the ovaries explode," explains Josephine Quintavalle. "I don't think we have any right to expose any woman to these risks in order to provide somebody of 67 with a child."
alibaba.com is the website which provide B2B service for Small medium Enterprise, it was founded in 1999 by Ma Yun and his team, by 10 years grown, it has became the world second largest internet company, just behind Google. And this is an excellent platform for SMEs to do business with each other without any obstacle.
alibaba.com is the website which provide B2B service for Small medium Enterprise, it was founded in 1999 by Ma Yun and his team, by 10 years grown, it has became the world second largest internet company, just behind Google. And this is an excellent platform for SMEs to do business with each other without any obstacle.
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Watch the full interview: http://thefilmarchived.blogspot.com/2010/08/noam-chomsky-on-north-american-free.html
The North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. In terms of combined purchasing power parity GDP of its members, as of 2007[update] the trade block is the largest in the world and second largest by nominal GDP comparison.
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has two supplements, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) and the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC).
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (typically abbreviated GATT) was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO). GATT was formed in 1947 and lasted until 1994, when it was replaced by the World Trade Organization in 1995. The original GATT text (GATT 1947) is still in effect under the WTO framework, subject to the modifications of GATT 1994.
Paul Robin Krugman (born February 28, 1953) is an American economist, columnist and author. He is Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, Krugman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his contributions to New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography. He was voted sixth in a 2005 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals by Prospect.
The Nobel Prize Committee stated that Krugman's main contribution had been to explain patterns of international trade and the geographic concentration of wealth by examining the impact of economies of scale and of consumer preferences for diverse goods and services. Krugman's work on international economics, including trade theory, economic geography, and international finance has established him as one of the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. Krugman is also known in academia for his work on liquidity traps and on currency crises.
As of 2006, Krugman had written or edited more than 25 books, 40 scholarly articles and 750 columns at The New York Times dealing with current economic and political issues. According to IDEAS/REPEC, ranking of Economists by journal article citations, he is one of the 15 most widely cited economists. Krugman's International Economics: Theory and Policy, co-authored with Maurice Obstfeld, is a standard college textbook on international economics. He also writes on political and economic topics for the general public, as well as on topics ranging from income distribution to international economics. Krugman considers himself a liberal, calling one of his books and his New York Times blog "The Conscience of a Liberal."
Θεσσαλονίκη is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia, the nation's largest region. It is the largest city in the wider geographical region of Macedonia, and also one of the largest cities in southeastern Europe. The Thessaloniki Urban Area extends around the Thermaic Gulf for approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) and comprises 16 municipalities. According to the 2001 census, the municipality of Thessaloniki had a population of 363,987, while the metropolitan population approximates one million inhabitants.
Thessaloniki is Greece's second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, and a major transportation hub for the rest of southeastern Europe; its commercial port is also of great importance for Greece and its southeast European hinterland. It is traditional for the country's Prime Minister to set out his government's policies for each coming year in a speech at the annual Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
Thessaloniki retains several Ottoman and Jewish structures as well as a large number of Byzantine architectural monuments. The city hosts an annual International Trade Fair, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and the largest bi-annual meeting of the Greek diaspora.
Part 6 of 7 in a special series hosted by the Monterey Institute of International Studies' Global Trade and Development Initiative. Christopher Padilla, Vice President of Governmental Programs at IBM gives a lecture titled "The Hole in the Middle: The Collapse of Support for America's Global Economic Engagement...and How to Rebuild It".
Christopher Padilla served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce before joining IBM. He led the International Trade Administration, and was appointed by the President to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. He has extensive experience in both high-level U.S. government positions and the private sector on matters related to international business and trade. This event was recorded on October 14, 2010 in the Irvine Auditorium at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College, provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing global community, including international policy and management, translation and interpretation, language teaching, sustainable development, and non-proliferation. We prepare students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in their chosen fields through degree programs characterized by immersive and collaborative learning, and opportunities to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Our students are emerging leaders capable of bridging cultural, organizational, and language divides to produce sustainable, equitable solutions to a variety of global challenges.
To learn more about the Monterey Institute degree offerings and programs, visit www.miis.edu.
Part 4 of 7 in a special series hosted by the Monterey Institute of International Studies' Global Trade and Development Initiative. Christopher Padilla, Vice President of Governmental Programs at IBM gives a lecture titled "The Hole in the Middle: The Collapse of Support for America's Global Economic Engagement...and How to Rebuild It".
Christopher Padilla served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce before joining IBM. He led the International Trade Administration, and was appointed by the President to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. He has extensive experience in both high-level U.S. government positions and the private sector on matters related to international business and trade. This event was recorded on October 14, 2010 in the Irvine Auditorium at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College, provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing global community, including international policy and management, translation and interpretation, language teaching, sustainable development, and non-proliferation. We prepare students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in their chosen fields through degree programs characterized by immersive and collaborative learning, and opportunities to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Our students are emerging leaders capable of bridging cultural, organizational, and language divides to produce sustainable, equitable solutions to a variety of global challenges.
To learn more about the Monterey Institute degree offerings and programs, visit www.miis.edu.
Part 5 of 7 in a special series hosted by the Monterey Institute of International Studies' Global Trade and Development Initiative. Christopher Padilla, Vice President of Governmental Programs at IBM gives a lecture titled "The Hole in the Middle: The Collapse of Support for America's Global Economic Engagement...and How to Rebuild It".
Christopher Padilla served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce before joining IBM. He led the International Trade Administration, and was appointed by the President to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. He has extensive experience in both high-level U.S. government positions and the private sector on matters related to international business and trade. This event was recorded on October 14, 2010 in the Irvine Auditorium at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College, provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing global community, including international policy and management, translation and interpretation, language teaching, sustainable development, and non-proliferation. We prepare students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in their chosen fields through degree programs characterized by immersive and collaborative learning, and opportunities to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Our students are emerging leaders capable of bridging cultural, organizational, and language divides to produce sustainable, equitable solutions to a variety of global challenges.
To learn more about the Monterey Institute degree offerings and programs, visit www.miis.edu.
Part 2 of 7 in a special series hosted by the Monterey Institute of International Studies' Global Trade and Development Initiative. Christopher Padilla, Vice President of Governmental Programs at IBM gives a lecture titled "The Hole in the Middle: The Collapse of Support for America's Global Economic Engagement...and How to Rebuild It".
Christopher Padilla served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce before joining IBM. He led the International Trade Administration, and was appointed by the President to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China. He has extensive experience in both high-level U.S. government positions and the private sector on matters related to international business and trade. This event was recorded on October 14, 2010 in the Irvine Auditorium at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
The Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College, provides international professional education in areas of critical importance to a rapidly changing global community, including international policy and management, translation and interpretation, language teaching, sustainable development, and non-proliferation. We prepare students from all over the world to make a meaningful impact in their chosen fields through degree programs characterized by immersive and collaborative learning, and opportunities to acquire and apply practical professional skills. Our students are emerging leaders capable of bridging cultural, organizational, and language divides to produce sustainable, equitable solutions to a variety of global challenges.
To learn more about the Monterey Institute degree offerings and programs, visit www.miis.edu.
If free trade is so great, then why aren't there any countries that practice completely free trade? This video goes through the basic arguments given for restricting trade.
Mark Prisk, Minister of State for Business & Enterprise delivered a keynote speech at the IOD International Trade Forum on Wednesday 13 October 2010, providing an insight into the opportunities and importance of SME businesses looking to expand globally in the future. The Conference also saw the launch of a UKTI report on SMEs' experience of exporting based on a recent Director magazine survey of its readership.
FOR Z200A: AP (if he thinks thats real) Loop Holes Exposedig Obamas Lobbyist executive order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIU0lRY4ynI
Obama : "The time for that kind of politics is over, they think they run washington, they right the checks you pay the bills" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUeT9JhwgU
Cap and Trade Fight: http://www.prisonplanet.com/%e2%80%9ccap-and-trade%e2%80%9d-tax-fight-expected-in-senate.html
Lobbying Cash Paved Climate Bill's Road to House Floor http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/06/26/26greenwire-lobbying-cash-paved-climate-bills-road-to-hous-97436.html
Climate bill punishes us http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/06/climate-bill-pu.html
Here are former lobbyists Obama has tapped for top jobs:
Eric Holder, attorney general nominee, was registered to lobby until 2004 on behalf of clients including Global Crossing, a bankrupt telecommunications firm.
Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year on behalf of the National Education Association.
William Lynn, deputy defense secretary nominee, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for defense contractor Raytheon, where he was a top executive.
William Corr, deputy health and human services secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until last year for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a non-profit that pushes to limit tobacco use.
David Hayes, deputy interior secretary nominee, was registered to lobby until 2006 for clients, including the regional utility San Diego Gas & Electric.
Mark Patterson, chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, was registered to lobby as recently as last year for financial giant Goldman Sachs.
Ron Klain, chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, was registered to lobby until 2005 for clients, including the Coalition for Asbestos Resolution, U.S. Airways, Airborne Express and drug-maker ImClone.
Mona Sutphen, deputy White House chief of staff, was registered to lobby for clients, including Angliss International in 2003.
Melody Barnes, domestic policy council director, lobbied in 2003 and 2004 for liberal advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the American Constitution Society and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, was a lobbyist as recently as last year for the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group.
Patrick Gaspard, White House political affairs director, was a lobbyist for the Service Employees International Union.
Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the presidents assistant for intergovernmental relations, lobbied for the American Association of Justice from 2001 until 2005.
The US announced on Wednesday that it will support a ban on the international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna. The announcement comes prior to this month's meeting in Qatar of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wildlife Fauna and Flora (CITES). Producer Zulima Palacio has details. VOA's Merissa Melton narrates.
Video from our FREE Online Business Course http://www.myownbusiness.org Session 14 International Trade
Question: "What is the smartest decision you made in starting your linen business?"
Ming Friedman Linen Pro Designs, Inc. www.linenpro.com
Topics covered in this video: International trade, advice, recommendations, import, export
I would say it would be having my own source in China. I went to a Canton fair after my first purchase and realized I could have paid half of what I had paid earlier. Since then I am not only going to the fair but I also go visit the factories. Sometimes the factory will be in the middle of nowhere but they appreciate my visit and know I must be serious about my business. As for the people who don't speak the language and understand the culture, I suggest starting out by looking for a trading company that you are comfortable working with. Even if you have to pay a small commission it will be worth it because the mistakes you could be making by not having the right help could be just devastating.
Robert Iritani, Executive VP of the Specialty Banking Division at City National Bank discusses the global economic downturn, global supply chain finance, and California and International trade with Dr. Abraham Park, Assistant Professor of Finance.
Doha's apparent failure has given rise to a debate on the role of multilateral, regional and bilateral factors in shaping the international trade agenda. Meanwhile, it remains unclear if, and how, businesses have been affected. • Akira Amari, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan • Celso Amorim, Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil • Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva • Doris Leuthard, Federal Councillor of Economic Affairs of the Swiss Confederation • Peter Mandelson, Commissioner, Trade, European Commission, Brussels • Kamal Nath, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India • Susan Schwab, US Trade Representative Moderated by •...
http://www.weforum.org/middleeast2008 18.05.2008 Opening Plenary: The Future of the Middle East The Co-Chairs of the 2008 World Economic Forum on the Middle East will outline their aspirations for the meeting and highlight the programme elements that will shape the agenda of the Middle East for 2008 and beyond.
Khalid Abdulla-Janahi, Chairman, Ithmaar Bank, Bahrain; Global Agenda Council on Faith Mohammed Alshaya, Executive Chairman, Alshaya Group, Kuwait H.R.H. The Duke of York, UK Special Representative for International Trade and Investment Yuriko Koike, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan; Global Agenda Council on the Future of Japan Paul Rice, President and Chief Executive Officer, TransFair, USA; Social Entrepreneur; Global Agenda Council on the Global Trade Regime Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia.org, USA; Young Global Leader; Global Agenda Council on the Future of the Internet
Chaired by Børge Brende, Managing Director, World Economic Forum
Economist Conor Woodman just might be the smartest man in the City. Once a high-flying City trader, he decided instead he wanted to trade in real things that he could touch and smell. So Conor left his job and, with £25,000 from the sale of his flat, travelled across four continents and 13 countries trading in all kinds of products animal, mineral and vegetable with the aim of doubling his money. Despite his City contacts, international trade proves hard for Conor. In Mexico, Conor has 750 inflatable body boards and reckons that an endorsement from the country's most famous surfer will help them sell. Meanwhile, he hopes to sell 400 bottles of tequila bought in the actual town of Tequila for a sizeable mark up.
http://www.ntv.co.ke Over the years the Nairobi International Trade Fair has focused mainly on agriculture with many farmers using it as an avenue to learn new farming technologies. However, in the past few years, the Nairobi Show has slowly evolved into a commercial activity and as Peninah Karibe found out, many businessmen are using the fair as an avenue to make quick money.
July 2006 Societies have traded for thousands of years. However, the last 35 years have seen an explosion in world trade. How has this global integration affected the world's economy and individual markets and how are the overall gains of world trade distributed?
Patricia Francis, an award-winning leader and business facilitator, joined the International Trade Centre as Executive Director in June 2006.
During her tenure at ITC she has implemented a change management strategy to build common values and strengthen key management functions. ITC has defined and restructured itself around five new business lines, and extensive consultation has led to a stronger Strategic Framework.
The UN Millennium Development Goals have been mainstreamed within the organization, with new strategies and work around trade development related to gender, environment and poverty. New integrated country and regional programmes have been developed, and partnerships have been strengthened through active participation in the One UN initiative and greater coherence with many international and regional trade related organizations.
Ms Francis comes to ITC from Jamaica Trade and Invest, where she served as President since 1995. She was also a member of Jamaica's Cabinet Committee for Development. During her tenure Jamaica attracted more than US$ 5 billion in foreign direct investment.
She served twice as President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies. She has chaired Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development's Caribbean Rim Investment Initiative as well as the China-Caribbean Business Council.
She has received awards from the Washington D.C. based Caribbean-Central American Action Council and from the King of Spain for her leadership and support for investment and business advocacy.
Center for American Progress Associate Director of International Economic Policy Jonathan Jacoby explains that paying attention to globalization and trade issues is important, not just to the economy but to national security and American morals.
For more information please see: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/02/trade.html
Paul is a proponent of free trade and rejects protectionism, advocating "conducting open trade, travel, communication, and diplomacy with other nations." He opposes many free trade agreements (FTAs), like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), stating that "free-trade agreements are really managed trade" and serve special interests and big business, not citizens.
He voted against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), holding that it increased the size of government, eroded U.S. sovereignty, and was unconstitutional. He has also voted against the Australia--U.S. FTA, the U.S.--Singapore FTA, and the U.S.--Chile FTA, and voted to withdraw from the WTO. He believes that "fast track" powers, given by Congress to the President to devise and negotiate FTAs on the country's behalf, are unconstitutional, and that Congress, rather than the executive branch, should construct FTAs.
Paul also has an 83% voting record in favor of protectionism in the House of Representatives, according to Global Trade Watch.
In January 2008, Paul released an economic revitalization plan and named Peter Schiff and Donald L. Luskin as economic advisors to his campaign. National Journal labeled Paul's overall economic policies in 2006 as more conservative than 48% of the House and more liberal than 51% of the House. For 2008, his ratings were more conservative than 91% of the House and more liberal than 8% of the House (80% and 20%, respectively for 2007).
His warnings of impending economic crisis and a loss of confidence in the dollar in 2005 and 2006 were at the time derided by many economists, but accelerating dollar devaluation in 2007 led experts like former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan to reconsider hard money policies such as those of Paul; in his 2007 memoirs, Greenspan described his nostalgia for the gold standard and warned that future conditions could cause "a return of populist, anti-Fed rhetoric, which has lain dormant since 1991."
When asked about his position on implementing the tenth amendment, Paul explained, "Certain medical procedures and medical choices, I would allow the states to determine that. The state law should prevail not the Federal Government." Speaking specifically about Drug Enforcement Administration raids on medical marijuana clinics Paul said, "They're unconstitutional," and went on to advocate states' rights and personal choice: "You're not being compassionate by taking medical marijuana from someone who's suffering from cancer or AIDS .... People should have freedom of choice. We certainly should respect the law and the law says that states should be able to determine this."
As a free-market environmentalist, Paul sees polluters as aggressors who should not be granted immunity or otherwise insulated from accountability. Paul argues that enforcing private property rights through tort law would hold people and corporations accountable, and would increase the cost of polluting activities - thus decreasing pollution. He claims that environmental protection has failed due to lack of respect for private property:
"The environment is better protected under private property rights .... We as property owners can't violate our neighbors' property. We can't pollute their air or their water. We can't dump our garbage on their property .... Too often, conservatives and libertarians fall short on defending environmental concerns, and they resort to saying, 'Well, let's turn it over to the EPA. The EPA will take care of us .... We can divvy up the permits that allow you to pollute.' So I don't particularly like that method."
He believes that environmental legislation, such as emissions standards, should be handled between and among the states or regions concerned. "The people of Texas do not need federal regulators determining our air standards."
Lost in all the Obama furor, the world's leading economic powers — the so-called G-20 nations — are quietly laying plans for a November 15th summit in Washington, D.C., that may effect a revolution in world finance and global governance, a revolution with potentially much greater long-term impact on America than anything on President-elect Obama's agenda.
According to an AP report, "EU leaders are set to call on the Nov. 15 summit to agree immediately on five principles: submit ratings agencies to more surveillance; align accounting standards; close loopholes; set banking codes of conduct to reduce excessive risk-taking; and ask the International Monetary Fund to suggest ways of calming the turmoil."
Even discounting the deliberate vagueness of the phrase "closing loopholes," such an agenda obviously contemplates a significant increase in the level of international regulation, presumably to be implemented and enforced by an international regulatory body or bodies. The International Monetary Fund (IMF), created at the Bretton Woods economic summit near the end of World War II, is being touted as the obvious candidate for a global financial regulatory organization. Historically, the IMF's mandate has been far more limited than many of its creators, including British economist John Maynard Keynes (one of the organizers of the Bretton Woods conference), originally envisioned. Keynes and the rest of the British and American delegations to Bretton Woods wanted the agreement to create a global reserve currency (which Keynes wanted to call the bancor), but ended up establishing the dollar as the world's fallback currency instead. They also created the SDR (Special Drawing Right), a quasi-currency in which all acounts at the IMF were and are reckoned.
Now, it appears, the IMF is being primed for a much larger role, to be remade into a bona fide instrument of global governance — just as the original General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), also created at Bretton Woods, was later transformed into the World Trade Organization (WTO). The latter is a de facto global trade ministry with supranational authority, and it has already wielded over the United States and many other nations.
The IMF, in other words, is apparently being prepared to become for global finance what the WTO has become for international trade. At a recent planning session for the upcoming summit, "[EU leaders] discussed making the International Monetary Fund the world's financial watchdog, suggesting it be given more power to curb financial crises and give more money to aid countries in trouble," the AP reported.
EU leaders like France's President Nicholas Sarkozy and Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown have seized the initiative in setting the agenda for the November 15 summit, which some are informally referring to as "Bretton Woods II." The EU will be calling for an agreement to overhaul the global financial system within 100 days, with a second international summit to be held in March.
Additional proposals that may be implied by the aformentioned five agenda items might include: creating a world central bank; creating an international reserve currency to replace the ailing U.S. dollar; and levying fees or taxes on international financial transactions. Any of these would be potentially devastating blows to American sovereignty, and would immeasurably strengthen the UN-centered embryonic world government.
A global central bank with the power to create a truly international currency would give the international system the same power globally that the Federal Reserve enjoys domestically — the power to create money at will. In other words, the UN system would acquire at a stroke the power to fund itself by printing money, emancipating it from reliance on the contributions of member states. An international tax or fee assessed on financial activity would be the realization of another long-cherished but still-unfulfilled dream of globalists: a truly global tax.
Make no mistake about it: the upcoming series of global summits will be about creating and empowering new organs of world government. It will be about curtailing international economic and financial freedom, not enhancing it.
