Agenda
As hosts, the British Treasury produced an extended agenda pamphlet proposing the issues to be addressed at the London Summit. The explicit goals was "to start the process of reform so as to manage globalisation as a force for good in the medium term."
- Engaging concerted action to counter falling demand and fragile confidence (although different countries have different room for manoeuvre on monetary policy)
- Developing joint actions to prevent further contagion and support vulnerable emerging and developing markets
- Working together to address the flaws in the financial and supervisory architecture that crisis has exposed
- Strengthening cross-border co-ordination of financial regulation and international financial institutions like the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- Agreeing to boost world trade and reject protectionism as a way of moving towards more stable and secure global commodities markets
- Reaffirming our shared commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals
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