That gives it a framework for dealing with China".
Copyright law protects against unauthorised use and provides a business framework for dealing in intellectual property.
Australia has struggled for years to construct a framework for dealing with such applicants.
Experts said the subtle shifts in thinking could point to an eventual common framework for dealing with global warming.
Given the threats posed by the financial crisis, a better framework for dealing with systemic crises is urgently needed.
Mr. Geithner said Thursday that European leaders had developed a "good framework" for dealing with the crisis late last month.
"Our legal system and the traditional system will provide an adequate framework for dealing with impunity and justice and reconciliation," he said.
The committee's chair, Senator Dio Wang, said the inquiry would examine the adequacy of the legislative and policy framework for dealing with institutional, organisational, political and individual corruption.
The government pointed to the existing and clearly inadequate framework for dealing with refugees globally while abdicating moral responsibility for addressing the human crisis in our midst.
"As we talk to the regional leaders, we have yet to hear a single good idea for ways to find common ground, or a forum or framework for dealing with Iran," said one senior official involved in Iran policy.
