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The Georgetown University Mccord School of Public Policy. This was a part of a daylong conference on free trade and the benefits for america as well as other countries. This hour and ten minute Panel Focused on Financial Regulations and trade agreements. Perfect. So, im michael lobarman, im one of the conference chairs for the mccourt policy conference. Id like to start by thanking those who arrived and those who have been with us from this morning or just arrived from the u. N. Ambassadors panel. Think the next panel is really in some respect at the heart of the trade subject. Financial services is integral to our everyday lives and integral to the modern economy. At least in the western world and developing world. Every modern economy relies on Financial Services. Its also in many respects a good kind of like the digital section that we dont often think about how it crosses borders. We just assume when we go to atms, we will take money out of the bank and assume we have that same ser
Financial services is integral to our everyday lives and integral to the modern economy. At least in the western world and developing world. Every modern economy relies on Financial Services. Its also in many respects a good kind of like the digital section that we dont often think about how it crosses borders. We just assume when we go to atms, we will take money out of the bank and assume we have that same service when were on vacation in other countries as well. There is a infrastructure in place that supports a very complicated global web of services, but its not one that we engage with in everyday discussions, but its a very important one. The Financial Services is incredibly important industry and not only because of everyday lives, but simply because of the size of goods and services that cross across natural borders. Its also one that i think in recent years, especial yet last decade, has become much more important to the Global Political discussion. How do you regulate this in
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