Despite European reluctance to cede ground, US President Barack Obama succeeded in brokering such a reallocation of IMF quota shares at the G-20 summit in Seoul in November 2010. Five years later, the US Congress is still holding up IMF quota reform – not because it would imply any loss of power or cost to US taxpayers, but because many members do not want to give Obama anything he asks for.
但它们的比例的增加并不一定需要以美国为代价。代表权大大过高的是欧洲国家。尽管欧洲不愿让步，但美国总统成功地在2010年11月G-20首尔峰会上促成了IMF配额比例的再分配。五年后，美国国会仍拒不批准IMF配额改革——不是因为这意味着权力损失或美国纳税人损失，而是因为许多议员不愿意让奥巴马得偿所愿。