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Statement from U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew on the Agreement Between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the European Commissioner for Financial Stability on a Common Approach for Transatlantic CCPs

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WASHINGTON - “The agreement reached by the CFTC and the European Commissioner for Financial Stability is a major milestone in our efforts to reform and strengthen the global derivatives market following the financial crisis. Finding common ground with our European partners to establish a level playing field internationally will help support cross-border activity with the appropriate regulation and supervision. Chairman Massad, his team at the CFTC, and their counterparts at the European Commission, along with former CFTC Chairman Gensler‎, deserve great credit, for the hard work and cooperation they devoted to making this agreement possible and I encourage both entities to implement the agreement swiftly.
 
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