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Speaker: Lael Brainard, Undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Presider: Faryar Shirzad, Managing Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
January 21, 2011
Lael Brainard, undersecretary for international affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury, outlines the discussion between President Obama and President Hu Jintao, as well as the effect of the financial regulatory reform on the international agenda at the treasury for the upcoming year.
This meeting was part of the C. Peter McColough Series on International Economics.
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