VIDEO: Gallagher Talks Obama Policy, Finance Regulation
Kevin Gallagher, Associate Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, showed how emerging markets were able to re-regulate cross-border finance in the wake of the financial crisis, and carve out more space for such regulations in international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.
Gallagher made his argument in a March 17 talk at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a think tank based in Canada that focuses on international governance. CIGI’s research programs focus on: global economy, global security and politics and international law. Founded in 2001, CIGI collaborates with several research affiliates and gratefully acknowledges support from a number of funding partners, in particular the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario.
Gallagher was introduced by Dr. Kathryn Hochstetler, CIGI Chair of Governance in the Americas at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. You can see his entire talk here.
Gallagher also wrote a March 18 op-ed on The Globalist regarding the Obama administration’s stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. That op-ed was entitled “Obama Abandons Allies on China’s Marshall Plan.”
From the text of the op-ed:
The Obama administration is looking increasingly left behind as it defies its closest allies and the President’s own party on foreign economic policy in Asia.
This week, the administration rebuked the United Kingdom for agreeing to participate in negotiations for the multi-billion dollar Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – even though the new institution would fill a major gap in Asian infrastructure needs.
At the same time, President Obama abandoned his own party in an attempt to ram through authority to finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement—a trade deal with Pacific Rim nations that would bring little economic benefit and high economic cost to Asia and the United States alike.
You can read the op-ed here.
KKevin Gallagher is co-chair of the Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI). You can read more about him here.