Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown will call on governments around the world to coordinate tax and spending policies to shore up a slowing world economy.
``We must use the power of multilateralism to establish a global consensus on a new, decisive and systemic approach to strengthening the global economy,'' Brown will say today, according to a text released by his office. After committing more than $3 trillion to bail out the banking system, governments must now turn to ``international co-ordination of fiscal and monetary policy,'' he will say.
Brown's comments, to be made in a speech to London's banking community, set out the U.K.'s position going into a meeting of world leaders in Washington Nov. 15. A coordinated program to trim taxes and boost spending would give Brown political cover to allow Britain's budget deficit to swell when the Treasury announces its plans in coming weeks.
There are already signs that other countries are ready to heed Brown's call. China, the world's fourth-largest economy, announced a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus plan yesterday, saying the funds will be used by the end of 2010 as part of a ``proactive fiscal policy.''
A similar message came yesterday from Sao Paulo, where finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations met over the weekend to lay the groundwork for the heads-of-state summit in Washington. Ministers agreed to act ``urgently'' to bolster growth as the world's leading industrialized economies battle recession, according to the G-20 statement.
LONDON (Reuters) - The international financial crisis has given world leaders a unique opportunity to create a truly global society, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown will say in a keynote foreign policy speech on Monday.
In his annual speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Brown -- who has spearheaded calls for the reform of international financial institutions -- will say Britain, the United States and Europe are key to forging a new world order.
"The alliance between Britain and the U.S. -- and more broadly between Europe and the U.S. -- can and must provide leadership, not in order to make the rules ourselves, but to lead the global effort to build a stronger and more just international order," an excerpt from the speech says.
Brown and other leaders meet in Washington next weekend to discuss longer term solutions for dealing with economic issues following a series of coordinated moves on interest rates and to recapitalize banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
"Uniquely in this global age, it is now in our power to come together so that 2008 is remembered not just for the failure of a financial crash that engulfed the world but for the resilience and optimism with which we faced the storm, endured it and prevailed," Brown will say in his speech on Monday evening.
"...And if we learn from our experience of turning unity of purpose into unity of action, we can together seize this moment of change in our world to create a truly global society."
4 comments:
Pastorius,
Someone needs to ask the Gordan Brown's of the world how he expects to be able to guarantee that a one world government won't turn into a one world dictatorship.
Why, I guess because Obama's going to run it.
:)
One World Government? LOL He can´t even run his country properly! LOL
Anonymous,
That's a great comment. Thanks.
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