"The period between the close of the Kennedy Round and the opening of the Uruguay Round replaced a decade of fast growth in world output and trade - and of prevailing harmony in trade relations across the Atlantic - with twenty years of currency and trade turmoil and strains between the US and...

Evolution of the IASC into the IASB -- Setting up the IASB -- The first wave of jurisdictional adoptions of IFRSs -- The IASB sets its agenda : 'improvement, convergence, leadership' -- Financial instruments : the confrontation with Europe -- The IASC foundation's first constitution review :...