Jean-Claude Trichet: The euro and the dollar – pillars in global finance Closing remarks by Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, at the conference organised by the European Commission and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York “The euro and the dollar: pillars in global finance”, New York, 17 April 2007.
*  *  *  Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, Let me start by thanking the organisers of this conference – the European Commission and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York – for inviting me to speak at this extremely interesting conference.