The Financial Leaders Group / Financial Leaders Working Group

Program Manager: Ekrem Sarper

The The Financial Leaders Group (FLG) was organized in 1996 to provide unified European-North American financial sector support to liberalize trade in financial services in the 1997 WTO financial services negotiations. The FLG proved a key player in securing the 1997 Financial Services Agreement and continues its work in the current WTO services negotiations. The Financial Leaders Working Group (FLWG) meets by phone regularly, and in person in tandem with larger international meetings. The Group now consists of North American, European, Japanese, and Hong Kong financial leaders and continues to advance the goal of commercially meaningful liberalization of global financial services trade.

For membership information and to discuss The Financial Leaders Working Group activities, contact Ekrem Sarper at CSI at sarper@uscsi.org.

Documents and Activities of the Financial Leaders Group

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FLWG Financial Services Seminar: October 11, 2001:
The FLWG organized a half-day seminar on industry objectives for the upcoming financial services negotiations and included panels on (1) insurance and insurance intermediaries, (2) banking and securities, (3) asset management, pensions, and financial information,and (4) temporary movement of business personnel. The event took place at the WTO and was well attended by Geneva- and capital-based WTO negotiators representing approximately 55 countries, WTO Secretariat officials, and international organizations.
For complete seminar materials, please click here.