Chronological List Speeches of John B. Taylor, 2001-2005

The following are written versions of public speeches (including Congressional testimony and press statements) that were given while Taylor served as Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs. Links to the actual text of each speech are provided. Except in a few cases, these have been categorized into a topical chapter and annotated.

2001

• Senate Confirmation Hearing, Senate Committee on Finance, April 26, 2001 (Not listed separately in a chapter)
• Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Senate Committee on Banking and Housing, and Urban Affairs, June 19, 2001 (Not listed separately in a chapter)
• Statement on Joint G-7 Action to Freeze Terrorist Assets, October 12, 2001
• Trade in Financial Services, House Small Business Committee, October 24, 2001
• Combating the Financing of Terrorists, November 7, 2001
• Strengthening the Global Economy After September 11, Harvard University, November 29, 2001
• Financial Fight Against Terror, December 4, 2001

2002

• Argentina Economic Update, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy, and Trade of the House Financial Services Committee, February 6, 2002
• Improving the Bretton Woods Financial Institutions, Bankers Association for Finance and Trade, Washington, D.C., February 7, 2002
• Grants and Sovereign Debt Reconstructing, Joint Economic Committee, February 14, 2002
• Improving the Regional Development Banks, Institute for International Economics and Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C., February 19, 2002
• The Economic Component of Foreign Policy, Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. February 25, 2002
• Argentina's Economic Situation, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Senate Banking Committee, February28, 2002
• An Economic Growth Agenda, Inter-American Development Bank Annual Meetings, Fortaleza, Brazil, March 11, 2002
• Productivity Growth in the Americas, Brazilian American Chamber of Commerce, Forataleza, Brazil, March 12, 2002
• Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A U.S. Perspective, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2002
• Russia-U.S. Strategic Relations, Moscow, Russia, April 10, 2002
• United States and Mexico Economic Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, April 16, 2002
• Islamic Finance 101 Seminar: Introductory Remarks, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, D.C., April 26, 2002
• New Policies for Economic Development, World Bank, Washington, D.C., April 30, 2002
• Better Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing for Development Results, World Bank, Washington, D.C., June 5, 2002
• U.S. Signs Debt-For-Nature Agreement with Peru, June 26, 2002 (Not listed separately in a chapter)
• Reauthorization for the Multilateral Development Banks, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade of the House Committee on Financial Services, July 25, 2002
• Reauthorization for the Multilateral Development Banks, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export, and Trade Promotion of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, September 12, 2002
• Debt-For-Nature Agreement with the Philippines, Tropical Forest Conservation Act, Manila, Philippines, September 19, 2002 (Not liested separately in a chapter)
• Bush Administration's Economic Development Agenda, Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines, September 20, 2002 (Not listed separately in a chapter)
• Afghanistan's New Currency, Kabul, Afghanistan, September 22, 2002
• Progress on Reconstruction in Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, September 24, 2002
• Strengthening the Global Economy: A Report on the Bush Administration Agenda, Capital Hilton Hotel, Washington, D.C., September 30, 2002
• Finding New Business Models at the Multilateral Development Banks, Washington, D.C., October 2, 2002
• Making Reconstruction Work in Afghanistan, Remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., October 9, 2002
• U.S. Economic Policy Toward Latin America and the Role of International Financial Institutions, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, October 16, 2002
• Increasing Economic Stability in Emerging Markets, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, October 17, 2002
• Raising Economic Growth in Japan, Japan National Press Club, Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2002
• The United States and the World Economy: Current Situation and Prospects, Seoul, Korea, October 23, 2002
• A Half Century of Changes in Monetary Policy, University of Chicago, November 8, 2002 (pdf)
• Using Clauses to Reform the Process for Sovereign Debt Workouts, Emerging Markets Traders Association Annual Meeting, December 5, 2002

2003

• Productivity Growth: The Key to Poverty Reduction in Africa, African Growth and Opportunity Forum, Mauritius, January 16, 2003
• Economic Leadership in Brazil and the United States, Brazil-U.S. Business Council, Washington, D.C., January 27, 2003
• Millennium Challenge Account Economic Rationale, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, March 4, 2003
• Millennium Challenge Account Economic Rationale, House Committee on International Relations, March 6, 2003
• Financial Services and Capital Transfer Provisions in Recent Free Trade Agreements, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology of the House Committee on Financial Services, April 1, 2003
• Reconstruction in Iraq: Economic and Financial Issues, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 4, 2003
• The Bush Administration's Approach to Latin America: Prospects and Policies, Council of the Americas, New York City, June 5, 2003
• Economic Development - Millennium Challenge Account, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology of the House Financial Services Committee, June 11, 2003
• Israel's Economic Recovery Program, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce, Jerusalem, Israel, June 22, 2003
• Economic Policies and Investment Risk in Africa, U.S.-Africa Business Summit , Washington , D.C., June 26, 2003
• Supporting Economic Development in Haiti, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 15, 2003
• Financial Reconstruction in Iraq: Strategy and Tactics, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, September 16, 2003
• China's Exchange Rate Regime and its Effects on the U.S. Economy, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology House Committee on Financial Services, October 1, 2003
• Progress on Economic Reform in Japan, Remarks at the Symposium on Building the Financial System of the 21st Century: An Agenda for Japan and the United States, Gotemba, Japan, October 3, 2003
• Reconstruction of Iraq's Banking Sector, Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., October 10, 2003
• Policy Perspective on Foreign Exchange, Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, October 17, 2003
• Economic Relations between the U.S. and China and China's Role in the Global Economy, House Committee on Ways and Means, October 30, 2003
• The Time to Accelerate Reconstruction in Afghanistan, America Summit-Georgetown University, November 10, 2003
• Will Economic Recovery in Japan Be Sustained? Japan Society, New York, December 5, 2003

2004

• Economic Policy and the U.S.- Brazil Group for Growth, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2004
• Decisions by Countries to Issue Bonds with Collective Action Clauses (CACs), February 3, 2004
• Financial Reconstruction in Iraq, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, February 11, 2004
• Millennium Challenge Corporation and the U.S. Role in the Multilateral Development Banks, United States Treasury, March 10, 2004
• Economic Growth in the Greater Middle East, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, April 7, 2004
• Models and Monetary Policy: Research in the Tradition of Dale Henderson, Richard Porter, and Peter Tinsley, Federal Reserve Board, April 12, 2004
• The United States-Russia Banking Dialogue: Two Years Later, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 15, 2004
• Policy Regime Change and the International Finance Institution, International Monetary Fund, Washington , DC , April 16, 2004
• U.S. Relations with Argentina, Buenos Aires , Argentina, April 22, 2004
• Supporting Economic Growth in Latin America, Fitch Rating's Latin America Conference, New York City, April 27, 2004
• United States-Brazil Cooperation to Increase Economic Growth, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 27, 2004
• Understanding and Supporting Islamic Finance, Harvard University, May 8, 2004
• China's Economy, Beijing, China , May 11, 2004
• Economic Relations Between the United States and Japan, Kyoto Stanford Center, Kyoto, Japan, May 13, 2004
• Governor's Address at the Asian Development Bank, Jeju Island , Korea, May 16, 2004
• The Bush Administration's Reform Agenda at the Bretton Woods Institutions:
  A Progress Report and Next Steps, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, May 19, 2004
• Budget Request for Treasury International Programs for Fiscal Year 2005, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs of the House Appropriations Committee, May 20, 2004
• The U.S. -- African Mortgage Market Initiative, Kampala , Uganda, May 25, 2004
• Improvements in Monetary Policy and Implications for Nigeria, Money Market Association of Nigeria, Abuja , Nigeria, May 27, 2004
• Launching the Millennium Challenge Account in Africa, Institute of Economic Affairs, Accra, Ghana, May 31, 2004
• New Directions for the International Financial Institutions, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., June 10, 2004
• Remarks at Independence Day Celebration, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C., June 29, 2004
• U.S. Economic Cooperation with the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, Dominican, Republic, July 10, 2004
• Economic Freedom and the Millennium Challenge Account, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2004
• The Multilateral Development Banks and the Fight Against Corruption, Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, July 21, 2004
• Making Reconstruction in Haiti Work This Time, Roundtable Meeting with Haitian Community Leadership, Miami, Florida, August 23, 2004
• The Latin American Expansion - Benefits for the United States, Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida, August 23, 2004
• Statement by Head of U.S. Delegation to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers Meeting, Santiago, Chile, September 2, 2004
• Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Chile, Public Statement during Visit to Chile, Santiago, Chile, September 2, 2004
• Economic Reform and U.S. Assistance in Bolivia, Public Statement during Visit to Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia, September 3, 2004
• Unusual Episodes in Monetary Policy Making, Banco Central de Reserva del Peru, Lima, Peru, September 6, 2004
• With Slide Presentation
• Economic Reform in Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, September 12, 2004
• Good International Economic Stories You Don’t Read About, Remarks at a Breakfast Hosted By Tepper School of Business Carnegie Mellon University Duquesne Club Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 21, 2004
• Developing the Nigerian Market, US-Africa Mortgage Market Initiative Roundtable, Nigeria, October 5, 2004
• The International implications of October 1979: Towards a Long Boom on a Global Scale, Reflections on Monetary Policy Conference 25 years After October 1979, Federal Reserve bank of St. Louis, October 7, 2004
• Remittance Corridors and Economic Development: A Progress Report on a Bush Administration Initiative, Payments in the Americas Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, October 8, 2004
• Bullish News about the World Economy, Remarks at the Annual Wharton Finance Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 12, 2004
• Implementing Reforms that Drop and Stop the Debt of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries, Remarks at the Poverty and Debt Relief Photo Exhibit, United States Senate, Washington DC, October 14, 2004
• The Latin American Economic Recovery, Remarks at the Group of 50 Conference, Washington, DC, October 15, 2004
• New Directions for U.S. Economic Policy Towards China and Japan, Deer Creek Club, St. Louis, MO, October 21, 2004
• Remarks on the Occasion of the One-Year Anniversary of the Iraqi Currency Exchange, October 22, 2004
• Celebrating and Learning from a Winning International Economic Strategy, Written Remarks before St. Louis Gateway Chapter of the National Association of Business Economists and the Weidenbaum Center Forum, St. Louis, MO, October 22, 2004
• Getting International Economic Development Right: Is Effective Foreign Assistance Possible?, Remarks before Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Case Western Reserve University, October 26, 2004
• The U.S. Current Account: Recent Trends and Policies, American Enterprise Institute Conference on Policy Challenges of Global Payment Imbalances, Washington, D.C., November 4, 2004
• Economic Freedom and Georgia’s Rose Revolution, Remarks at the Caucasus Business School, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 22, 2004
• India and the World Economy, Remarks at the World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit, New Delhi, India, December 5, 2004
• From Karnataka to California: The Challenges of State Fiscal Reform in a Federated System, Bangalore, India, December 7, 2004
• Remarks on Conclusion of Visit to India, Mumbai, India, December 8, 2004
• Encouraging Economic Freedom in the Broader Middle East and North Africa, Remarks at the American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco, December 11, 2004

2005

• Economic Policies in the Western Hemisphere: Recent Accomplishments and Future Challenges, Remarks at a Luncheon for the Ambassadors of the Latin American Group, Brazilian Embassy, Washington, D.C., January 25, 2005
• Statement on Getting the Millennium Development Goals Back on Track, Remarks at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 27, 2005
• The Private Sector’s Role in Promoting Economic Growth in the Broader Middle East, Remarks at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 28, 2005
• Working Together to Raise Economic Growth in the Broader Middle East and North Africa, Remarks at the World Economic Forum’s Panel on Alternative Futures for the Broader Middle East, Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2005
• Combating Terrorist Financing G-7 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, London, February 4, 2005
• Press Statement after Meeting of G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, London, February 5, 2005
• The Governance/Investment Nexus: Measuring Results for Better Performance, Good Governance for Development in the Arab Countries Conference, Dead Sea, Jordan. February 6, 2005
• Press Statement on Visit to Iraq to Discuss Progress on Monetary and Financial Issues, Baghdad, Iraq, February 8, 2005
• The U.S. Commitment to Uruguay and Latin America, Remarks at Embassy of Uruguay on Receipt of the “ Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay” Washington, DC, February 14, 2005
• Monetary Policy in Emerging Market Countries with Implications for Egypt,
  Remarks at the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, Cairo, April 5, 2005
• Economic Growth and Friendship, Address at the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank, Okinawa, Japan April 10, 2005
• Press Statement at the Annual Meetings of the Inter-American Development Bank
  Okinawa, Japan, April 10, 2005
• Latin America: From Crisis to Growth, Remarks to Investors at the Annual Meetings of the Inter-American Development Bank, Okinawa, Japan, April 9-10, 2005