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The G8 Agenda: Business Leaders Want Pressure on Putin to Democratize and on Africa to Clean Up While They Are Divided on Kyoto, Foreign Aid Effectivemess, U.S.-China Trade, and Farm Subsidy Issues
A BDO Dunwoody/Chamber Weekly CEO/Business Leader Poll by COMPAS in the Financial Post
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This week’s web-poll of CEOs and business leaders explored a series of agenda items relating to the 2005 G8 Summit.
CEOs agree that:
- Russia’s Vladimir Putin, the new G8 Chairman, should be cajoled into taking concrete steps towards re-establishing the democratic process in Russia, the independence of judges, and freedom of the press, and
- The west’s commitment to Africa should begin with efforts to clean up corrupt African governments and providing trade opportunities in place of a single-minded focus on aid, often the case of have-nots in the west subsidizing haves in Africa.
CEOs are divided about:
- The merits of Kyoto,
- What Paul Martin should encourage President Bush to do regarding Kyoto,
- Whether China’s potential currency re-valuation would resolve U.S.-Chinese trade friction;
- The effectiveness of foreign aid;
- Likelihood of Europe and the U.S. ending agricultural protection programs; and
- Whether Canada should bring an end to the Wheat Board and dairy quotas.
These are some of the key findings from this week’s web poll of business leaders and CEOs, sponsored by BDO Dunwoody LLP and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
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