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Bretton Woods Negotiations

Great Britain · Economy / Gold Standard. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1944

John Maynard KeynesJuly 1944

Bretton Woods · Economy / Gold Standard

Keynes negotiates Britain's position at Bretton Woods and accepts the postwar framework linking fixed exchange rates indirectly to gold through the United States dollar.

Names involved

John Maynard Keynes

Provenance

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