Asian Bank Agreement Signed By Nations; Snubbed By Others

BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 24: Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei (L) speaks during the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at the Great Hall of the People on October 24, 2014 in Beijing, China. Twenty-one countries including China, India, Pakistan and Singapore had been expected to sign the agreement today establishing the $57 billion bank. A number of other Asian nations including South Korea, Indonesia and Australia declined to sign on for the time being reportedly under lobbying by the U.S. government. (Photo by Takaki Yajima-Pool/Getty Images)