81. For the most part, they sputter along pointlessly, if irritatingly, but without severely damaging the health of the global trading system. 82. Former PSE Chairman Vincent Casella resigned last October after he was found to have invested in a company that was supplying the exchange with a trading system. 83. Grasso said the exchange could have continued some trading using backup systems but had shut completely to be fair to individual investors. 84. He expended precious political capital last year to win congressional ratification of a new global trading system establishing the Geneva-based World Trade Organization. 85. He argued that the structure of the U.S. trading system is too important for the exchanges to decide matters for themselves. 86. He said defeat of the measure would send a signal that the United States did not want to be a full partner in the global trading system. 87. He said the agreement would help emerging economies by increasing their access to capital, and reinforce the world trading system. 88. He said the agreement would strengthen development of emerging economies by increasing their access to capital, and reinforce the world trading system. 89. He said the agreement would strengthen the development of emerging economies by boosting their access to capital, and reinforce the world trading system. 90. If Congress wishes to maintain the integrity of the trading system, it will have to make it work all across the country. |