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    KEY ISSUES

THE EXPANDING GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY:

  Fact Sheet: President Clinton and Other G-8 Leaders to Create
   Digital Opportunity Taskforce
   22 July 2000

  Transcript: Press Briefing by Deputy National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard
   Okinawa, Japan
   22 July 2000

  Okinawa Charter on Global Information Society
   Okinawa, Japan
   22 July, 2000

  Opening Statement by Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State
   for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
   Washington, D.C.
   10 July 2000

  Impact of the IT Revolution on the Economy and Finance
   Report from G7 Finance Ministers to the Heads of State and Government
   Fukuoka, Japan
   8 July 2000

  Information Technology and Trade Policy: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
   By Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative
   Computer and Communications Industry Association
   Washington, DC
   5 June 2000

  Text: U.S., Colombia Sign Initiative to Foster E-Commerce Growth
   Goals Are to Ensure Transparency, Remove Unnecessary Restrictions
   18 May 2000

  Maximizing International Digital Opportunities
   By Alan Larson, U.S. Under Secretary of State
   for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs
   17 May 2000

  Toward A Uniform Commercial Legal Framework for Global Electronic
    Transactions
   By Andrew J. Pincus, General Counsel
   U.S. Department of Commerce
   17 May 2000

  The Internet and Customs Duties
   By Demetrios Marantis, Associate General Counsel
   Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
   and Jonathan McHale, Director of USTR's Office of Industry
   17 May 2000
BIOTECHNOLOGY/FOOD SAFETY:

  Excerpt: President Clinton, Prime Minister Blair on GM Foods
   Okinawa, Japan
   23 July 2000

  Fact Sheet: U.S.-EU Biotechnology Cooperation Agreement
   31 May 2000

  Text: Glickman on Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative
    4 May 2000

  Clinton Administration Agencies Announce Food and Agricultural
    Biotechnology Initiatives: Strengthening Science-based Regulation
   and Consumer Access to Information
   3 May 2000

  Text: State Dept.'s Larson on Biotechnology Initiative
   3 May 2000

  Text: State Dept.'s Larson on Economic Value of Biotechnology
   17 April 2000

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ARCHITECTURE:

  Strengthening the International Financial Architecture
   Progress to Date
   8 July 2000

  Strengthening the International Financial Architecture
   Report from G7 Finance Ministers to the Heads of State and Government
   Fukuoka, Japan
   8 July 2000

  Financial Stability Forum Endorses Policy Actions Aimed at
    Reducing Global Financial Vulnerabilities
   25 May 2000

  Statement by Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers to
   the International Monetary and Financial Committee
   16 April 2000

  Financial Stability Forum -- Report of the
   Working Group on Offshore Financial Centres
   5 April 2000

  The Right Kind of IMF for a Stable Global Financial System
   Remarks of Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers
   to the London School of Business, London, England
   14 December 1999

  Joint Report on Progress on Strengthening the International
   Financial Architecture and on Implementation of the Cologne Debt Initiative
   As proposed by the G7 Finance Ministers to the Economic Summit
   in Cologne
   22 December 1999

  Priorities for a 21st Century Global Financial System
   Remarks of Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers
   at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
   22 September 1999

  Strengthening the International Financial Architecture
   Report of G7 Finance Ministers to the K��n Economic Summit
   Cologne
   18 - 20 June 1999

  Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin Remarks on
   Reform of the International Financial Architecture
   to the School of Advance International Studies
   21 April 1999

DEVELOPMENT:

  Transcript: Press Briefing by Director of the National
   Economic Council Gene Sperling
   Okinawa, Japan
   23 July 2000

  Fact Sheet: Building a Global Development Partnership
   22 July 2000

  Poverty Reduction and Economic Development
   Report from G7 Finance Ministers to the Heads of State and Government
   Okinawa, Japan
   21 July 2000

  HIPC Debt Relief Fact Sheet
   21 July 2000

  Statement by Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers
   on the Enhanced HIPC Debt Relief Initiative
   12 July 2000

  Development and Integration: Toward a New Global Consensus
   U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers
   Remarks to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
   5 July 2000

  Statement by Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers to the Development
   Committee of the World Bank
   17 April 2000

  A New Framework for Multilateral Development Policy
   Remarks of Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers
   to the Council on Foreign Relations, New York
   20 March 2000

  Joint Report on Progress on Strengthening the International Financial
   Architecture and on Implementation of the Cologne Debt Initiative
   As proposed by the G7 Finance Ministers to the Economic Summit
   in Cologne
   22 December 1999

  Report of G7 Finance Ministers on the K��n Debt Initiative to
   the K��n Economic Summit, Cologne
   18 - 20 June 1999


FINANCIAL CRIME:

  Actions Against Abuse of the Global Financial System
   Report from G7 Finance Ministers to the Heads of State and Government
   Okinawa, Japan
   21 July 2000

  Statement by Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers
   at the G-7 Finance Ministers Press Conference
   8 July 2000

  Fact Sheet on Money Laundering Advisories
   8 July 2000

  International Counter-Money Laundering Act of 2000 (H.R. 3886)
   U.S. House of Representatives
   8 June 2000

  Testimony of Treasury Deputy Secretary Stuart Eizenstat
   House Committee on Banking and Financial Services
   International Counter-Money Laundering Act of 2000
   9 March 2000

  Combating International Money Laundering
   Remarks of Secretary Lawrence H. Summers on International Money
   Laundering to the BAFT, ABA, and SIA
   2 March 2000

  Money Laundering: Muddying the Macroeconomy
   March 1997

  Money Laundering and International Efforts to Fight It
   -- Public Policy for the Private Sector Note
   May 1995

  Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
   -- The Forty Recommendations
   OECD
   1996

  Supporting International Efforts to Reduce Corruption
   The World Bank


TRADE:

  Text: U.S. Proposal for Agricultural Trade Reform
   Details of comprehensive, long-term changes
   29 June 2000

  Text: Barshefsky on WTO Agriculture Trade Proposal
   Unveils plan for fundamental, long-term trade reform
   29 June 2000

  Information Technology and Trade Policy: A Look Back, A Look Ahead
   By Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative
   Computer and Communications Industry Association
   Washington, DC
   5 June 2000

  Excerpt from Remarks by the President to the Duma
   The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
   The Duma, Moscow, Russia
   5 June 2000

  The World Trade Organization: Next Steps
   Remarks of Rita Derrick Hayes, U.S. Ambassador to the WTO
   14 April 2000

  U.S. Trade Policy and the Trading System
   By Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative
   Brandeis University Graduate School of International Economics and Finance
   Waltham, Massachusetts
   13 April 2000

  U.S. Trade Policy in 2000
   By Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative
   The Department of State, Washington, D.C.
   17 March 2000

ENVIRONMENT:

  Report on the Implementation of
   The G8 Action Programme on Forests
   Executive Summary
   13 July 2000

HEALTH:

 Text: WHO Report on Dangers of Microbial Resistance Microbes Pose
   Global Health Risk, New WHO Policies Presented
   13 June 2000

  Fact Sheet: U.S.-EU Efforts on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, Other Diseases
   31 May 2000


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