Conference Call for Civil Society Groups on Financial Transactions Taxes
International
Conference Call for Civil Society Groups on Financial Transactions
Taxes (FTTs)
Thursday, January 7, 9 -10:30 am EST (2 pm GMT). Call
in info below.
U.S. activists are eager to brainstorm with civil society groups in
other
countries who are working in support of financial transactions taxes
that would
be used to raise substantial new money to address global and domestic
development priorities and to curb the harmful behaviors of the
financial
industry.
Overall objectives of the call: Explore
opportunities for international, coordinated campaigning in support of
financial transactions taxes.
AGENDA:
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
-- U.S. political context
-- Developments in other G20 countries
-- FTT-related discussions at Copenhagen climate meeting
STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOINT ACTION
-- Update on UK/European Campaign with Richard Curtis
-- IMF Consultation
-- Activities related to key upcoming events:
World Economic Forum in Davos,
Switzerland (January 27-31) Can we work with FTT supporters who
will be
attending to advocate for the issue there?
Other ideas?
G20 Finance Ministers meeting in
Washington (April 23-25 – coincides with World Bank and IMF spring
meetings). Should we try to organize a joint international press
conference? (In part, this could respond
to the IMF report which should be released then.) European
groups have discussed sending
letters to all the G20 governments, similar to the IMF sign-on letter.
Other
ideas?
G20 Summit in Toronto (June
26-27). European groups have discussed
the idea of a big cyber sign-on action.
Other ideas?
REVIEW OF NEXT STEPS
--Action steps and outcomes
--Scheduling next call
Call-in information:
If you wish to participate in the call
in English and are calling from the US or UK:
Conference ID: 4197130
Call in number if you are calling from the United States: 1-866-328-4270
Call in number if you are calling from the UK:
0800 358 5267
If you are calling from outside the US/UK, OR if you would like
translation in
Spanish, French or Portuguese, please send an e-mail by January 6 to pamela.gomez@oxfaminternational.org
to arrange.
Organized by: Americans for
Financial Reform, Health GAP, and Oxfam America.
Some recent background info about FTTs:
The
Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes
December 2009, Dean Baker, Robert Pollin, Travis McArthur, and Matt
Sherman
For
Global Finance, Global Regulation
Brown
and Sarkozy move to fund climate aid with global banking tax
Lawmakers
Weigh A Wall Street Tax
U.S. Government and
Business
Leaders on Financial Transactions Taxes
Pelosi
pushes global financial fee
Merkel’s
Coalition Split on Financial-Transaction Tax, FTD Says
And for information about the responses
of the financial sector, read:
ICI:
Transaction tax would take big bite out of fund returns
Green
Company Trading Fund Petition to Congress to Defeat the FTT
No Trader Tax
-- Sarah Anderson Director, Global Economy Program Institute for Policy Studies Tel: 202 234-9382 x227 Email: saraha@igc.org Web: www.ips-dc.org Institute for Policy Studies 1112 16th Street, NW Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
