It may sound a little ironic, but regional cooperation has become all the more significant and important when globalization progresses rapidly. The global economy of the twenty-first century will most likely be a multi-layered global network of various forms of regional cooperation. Regional cooperation in Asia Now, I would turn to regional cooperation in Asia.
Part of the value of this conference is that we, as central banks, can promote the study of these issues and discuss concrete steps that we can take together to address them.