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May 8, 2023

United States
What Is the Dodd-Frank Act?

The Dodd-Frank Act is one of the most significant U.S. regulatory reforms since the Great Depression. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has rekindled the debate over banking regulation.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Dodd-Frank Act as lawmakers look on.

February 8, 2024

United States
The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy

Modern vice presidents can trace much of their political influence to the broad reforms that Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale made to the second-highest elected office in the late 1970s.

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February 16, 2005

Iraq
IRAQ: Law and Order in Postwar Iraq

This publication is now archived. Who is in charge of law and order in postwar Iraq?For now, the United States and Great Britain, and it appears that will remain the case for some months. In response…

February 17, 2005

International Organizations
World Trade Organization

This publication is now archived. What’s on the agenda at the WTO conference?The central issue being negotiated at the September 10-14 World Trade Organizationmeeting in Cancun, Mexico, is expanding …

February 13, 2007

Capital Flows
Foreign Ownership of U.S. Infrastructure

One year after the Dubai Ports World controversy, Congress is pushing legislation to reform the committee that reviews foreign investments in American companies. But some business groups think propos…