Hints of second phase of trilateralism - the euro in Europe is the first and now: "Defining the future of the Asian business model.  A panel including Rudiger Dornbusch, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Fan Gang, director of China's National Economic Research Institute, will discuss topics including: is the region moving toward developing a "new economy" of its own?".

Does this mean euro equivalent in Asia?

Philip

"Blair, Dell on stage Friday WEF topics include 21 January 27, 2000: 3:02 p.m. ET

DAVOS, Switzerland (CNNfn) - World Economic Forum participants will get a taste of 21st century leadership from a prominent world politician and a technology innovator as the conference convenes fora second day in the snowy Swiss Alps Friday.

     British Prime Minister Tony Blair [ http://www.tlio.demon.co.uk/1998.htm#Blair - "Bilderberg 1998; Blair's presence confirmed; Blair playing fast and loose with the public; Tony Gosling; 24Dec98; "Western democracy and press freedom has been undermined by British prime minister Tony Blair's clandestine presence at Scotland's 1998 Bilderberg meeting..." ] is scheduled to give a special presentation to the roughly 1,000 WEF participants before joining Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) Chairman Michael Dell in a panel discussion on 21st century leadership.

     Dell and Blair will debate whether fast-moving corporations are outrunning changes in government policy. The two also will attemptto deduce whether there are common characteristics for the so-called "new leaders" governing the world's dynamic businesses andcountries.

     The day's other big draw is expected to be an early morning panel discussion on how economic values are quickly replacing moral values in today's society.

Featured in that discussion are well-known investor [ Bilderberg - my comment ] George Soros [ "THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER; The next Bilderberg meeting ; Secret roster, agenda for Washington conference ; © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com" and http://www.tlio.demon.co.uk/bildlist.htm - 1996 Bilderberg Conference - CIBC Leadership Centre, Toronto, Canada ] , Louis Schweitzer, chairman and chief executive officer of Renault, and Bulent Ecevit, the prime minister of Turkey.

     Other panel discussions set to take place tomorrow include:

     Can we take open markets for granted?  A panel including World Trade Organization Director-General Mike Moore will discuss how to balance the needs of advancing and developing economies.

Who needs central banks anyway? Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson and Citigroup (C) Vice-Chairman Deryck Maughan will lead a discussion on how the move to a cashless society will impact the survival of central banks around the globe.

Defining the future of the Asian business model.  A panel including Rudiger Dornbusch, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Fan Gang, director of China's National Economic Research Institute, will discuss topics including: is the region moving toward developing a "new economy" of its own?

The digital state: reinventing government. John Manley, Canada's minister of industry, John Quelch, dean of the London Business School, and others will consider what governments need to do in the information age to better communicate with their citizens.

Will bureaucracies be extinct? What will test the credibility of the euro? A panel including Nobel-prize-winning economist Robert Mundell and Christian Noyer, vice president of the European Central Bank, will consider the future of the single European currency, just a day after it reached a new low against the dollar.

Financial markets in the 21st century. [ Bilderberg - my comment ] Stanley Fischer [ "THE NEW GLOBAL ORDER; The next Bilderberg meeting ; Secret roster, agenda for Washington conference ; © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com" and http://www.the-news.net/bildeberg/index.htm - "Bilderberg, reputedly the most secretive & high powered organization in the world met in Portugal at the beginning of June 1999." ], first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, and Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs (GS), will be among those discussing whether the new century will be more or less prone to the financial shocks which disrupted the century just ended.

Are we rebuilding monopolies? The world's two most powerful trust-busters, U.S. Attorney-General Joel Klein and European Competition Commissioner [ Bilderberg - my comment ] Mario Monti [ http://www.the-news.net/bildeberg/index.htm - "Bilderberg, reputedly the most secretive & high powered organization in the world met in Portugal at the beginning of June 1999." ] , will discuss the return of the monopoly.

On-air interviews

CNNfn will interview several corporate and economic leaders Friday, including market strategist Abby Joseph Cohen and Ameritrade Corp. (AMTD) Chief Executive Officer Joe Ricketts. Cohen, co-chairwoman of Goldman Sachs' investment committee will appear on "Moneyline" Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. ET.

In a panel discussion Thursday, Cohen said she expects U.S. equities to continue their strong growth in 2000, but at a less robust pace. Ricketts will appear on "In the Money" at 11 a.m. to discuss his company's growth prospects.

     CNN.com will also be holding a live chat session from Davos, with United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, at 10 a.m. ET/2 p.m. GMT."