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Discover Europe 2008 Panel Discussion-
The Euro as the New International Currency

From left: Ms Kwek Puay Swan, Director, EU Centre in Singapore, Mr Ravi Manchanda, Director, Head Corporate Banking Coverage, Deutsche Bank AG Singapore, His Excellency Holger Standertskjöld, Ambassador, Head of the Delegation of the EC to Singapore, Mr Klaus Regling, Senior Advisor, EC and EU Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, Assoc Prof Christian Koenig, Director, ESSEC Asian Center; Prof Tan Eng Chye, Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost, NUS, Prof Lim Chin, Professor of Economics, Dept of Business Policy, NUS Business School, and Mr Claudio Piron, Executive Director, Asia FX Research, JPMorgan Chase Bank.

The panelists came from the banking sector, academia and European Commission.

ESSEC Asian Center's Director, A/Prof Christian Koenig chaired the session.

Mr Klaus Regling, Senior Advisor, European Commission and immediate
past Director General for ECOFIN provided an overview of the Euro,
Monetary Union and Single Market.

Prof Lim Chin from NUS Business School compared the future of the USD and Euro.

JPMorgan's Head of FX Strategy discussed the Euro, USD, Yen
and other Asian currencies.