UK News
Gordon Brown warns against protectionism in confronting economic crisis
Mar 4, 2009, 16:56 GMT
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses a Joint Meeting of Congress on the floor of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., USA 04 March 2009. Prime Minister Brown has admitted the Government should have been tougher on British banks, but again rejected claims he should personally apologise for the economic crisis. EPA/MATTHEW CAVANAUGH
Washington - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday urged the United States and other countries to resist protectionist policies while trying to cope with the worldwide economic crisis.
Brown became the fifth British prime minister to address a joint session of the US Congress during his visit to Washington to discuss the economic downturn with President Barack Obama.
'Should we succumb to a race to the bottom and to a protectionism that history tells us that in the end protects no one?' Brown said. 'No. We should have the confidence, America and Britain most of all, that we can seize the global opportunities ahead and make the future work for us.'
Brown called on world governments to act to stimulate their economies, adding that the United States and Britain cannot share the burden alone in trying to revive consumption and trade. But he also defended the need to implement market regulations to prevent finance crises in the future.
'We have learned through this world downturn that markets should be free, but market should never be values free,' Brown said, receiving an enthusiastic applause.
Brown met with Obama on Tuesday during his first White House visit since the new president took office January 20. The two leaders are seeking broad cooperation across the globe to respond to the bleak economic situation.
The meeting took place about a month prior to the summit of the world's 20 leading economies in London. Obama pushed a 787-billion- dollar stimulus package through Congress last month to boost the economy and create jobs.
'An economic hurricane has swept the world, creating a crisis of credit and a crisis of confidence,' Brown said. 'History has brought us now to a point where change is essential. We are summoned not just to manage our times but to transform them.'
Brown praised US leadership in the world and the sacrifices the US soldiers made alongside British troops during two wars in Europe. He said a strong trans-Atlantic relationship is required to address the world's challenges and that the United States and Europe must overcome differences created over the last eight years.
'We should seize this moment because never before have I seen a world willing to come together so much, never before has that been more needed, and never before have the benefits of cooperation been so far reaching,' Brown said.
The British prime minister said Britain will work with the United States to achieve a peace settlement in the Middle East based on a two-state solution and to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons.
'And our shared message to Iran, it is simple. We are ready for you to rejoin the international community but, first, you must cease your threats and suspend your nuclear programmes,' Brown said.
During their meeting on Tuesday, Brown and Obama discussed the conflict in Afghanistan, which has become a top priority for the White House. The two leaders agreed their must be a coordinated effort in the fight against the Taliban and at addressing the safe havens in the border region in Pakistan.
COMMENT
blog comments powered by DisqusLatest Headlines in UK
- 1. Cambridge beat Oxford in 158th Boat Race after midway halt
- 2. Gas flare at Total's North Sea platform self-extinguishes
- 3. A myth turns 100: Titanic still fascinates world
- 4. Source of North Sea platform gas leak located, says Total
- 5. Efforts under way to stop gas leak on North Sea platform
Older Talkback
page: 1
lance speaks, not through his hat, but through the foliage. Yes indeed, he did have his brains sucked out by one of those 'brain sucking baby killers.'
... personal attacks will not change the statutes I reference.
You are just a baby issuing insults without any consideration as to the actual laws.
Infact, for the price of Brown or Obama, I could hire well over 100 Chinese accountants and set them to the task of balancing the budget.
And I would get results!
Unlike the rubbish that the electorate of the U.S. and U.K. choose to pilfer the system.
whistles through the ears of lance, making a mournful sound as it echoes in the vacant chamber that resides upon his shoulders.
'the statutes I reference.'
You referenced nothing. You cited nothing. You alluded to alleged statutes. You DID NOT back up your irrationality with facts. As per usual, you whistle in the wind. Or is it the other way around?
'I could hire well over 100 Chinese accountants...
And I would get results!'
And where are you going to get the money to pay for their services, from the royalties of your crash-proof avionics and control systems?
'And where are you going to get the money to pay for their services, from the royalties of your crash-proof avionics and control systems?'
If you elect me president, I will sell Air Force One which will easily pay for the 100 chinese accountants. Then I will close down the White House and live in a comfortable sublet down the street.
You guys just do not have the balls to solve the problem. It is the same with every bankrupt mortgage holder ... they will do ANYTHING except what they need to do: Sell their home and live within their means.
... not smoking zigs, drinking alcohol and doing opium and crack also helps out on the expenses. But, that is too much to ask of the 'typical U.S. citizen'.
'If you elect me president,'
I already have. You are the Resident President Vacuumed Compost Pile.
'You guys just do not have the balls'
And you do? I didn't know that a zygote had 'balls.'
'they will do ANYTHING except... Sell their home'
Who is going to buy their home? You? How? With your royalty money from imaginary inventions?
Where are they going to live? It hits 40 below in North Dakota, moron. It also rains and snows and tornadoes and all sorts of other nasty, natural stuff. Where to live, in a Tent? In winter? There are no trees to brutally murder and waste keeping one warm. How are you going to cook? How are you going to keep the food from rotting, without refridgeration?
You ARE an idiot. Your brain WAS vacuumed.
'Where are they going to live? It hits 40 below in North Dakota'
Well, if they want to live outside, then N.D. is not the place to live. Duh.
You have to be realistic about what you do and where you live.
'Well, if they want to live outside, then N.D. is not the place to live. Duh.
You have to be realistic about what you do and where you live.'
There you go again, using that word 'realistic,' without demonstrating any comprehension of what it means. You have just hoisted yourself on your own Petard, retard.
Not everyone is able to live in LA-LA Land, like you.
'Well, if they want to live outside'
Where else can they live, fool? They just sold their home to please you.
..we have an endless parade of foreigners sh-tting themselves over the socialist they pimped to the American people, that is now going to try and cornhole them. This is hilarious!
'..we have an endless parade of foreigners sh-tting themselves'
To edit your words, so that they are accurate: 'we have an endless parade of SP4 sh-tting himself.'
Take your sh-t and throw it on lance's compost heap.
'Where else can they live, fool? They just sold their home to please you.'
Obviously they need to rent, live with their parents, move to somewhere warm and live in a trailer or tent, move into a rental with roommates, section 8 housing, etc. etc.
There are ample solutions. Your excuses are a pathetic attempt at trying to remain: 'willfully ignorant'.
You say: Take your sh-t and throw it on lance's compost heap.
Perhaps he can take it and place it between lance's so that there is some form of substance in there, to block the wind.
'obviously they need to rent, live with their parents, move to somewhere warm and live in a trailer or tent, move into a rental with roommates, section 8 housing, etc. etc.'
Obviously, lance is oblivious to reality. The patent absurdity of his statement is self evident and needs no further elucidation. The only section 8 here is lance. Yes, he is definately a Section 8.
if lance is buying SP4's product.
In addition ...
It is a travesty that the president of the U.S. bleeds red ink all over the budget yet lives in a luxurious palace (the white house). He has no morals and is not a good example of the way to live. In lean times you need to cut back on your expenditures and have a more austere lifestyle.
They will continue to burn money until it is all exhausted and then everything will collapse. That is the way it works with credit-holic addicts.
'He has no morals and is not a good example of the way to live.'
Just because he may not have your values does not mean that he doesn't have morals. And you, being a brain-vacuumed, section 8 are a good example of 'the way to live?'
You are too funny, cabbage patch baby. A million unemployed comedians, and you are trying to break into the business. 'What a Maroon.'
As if I need your permission to 'have it my way.'
As for money and spending it, I have more than enough to last until I end, with plenty left over for my children and their children, too. What legacy do you leave to your offspring, assuming of course, that you aren't just another hybrid, sterile seed?
Lance can't have offspring. He got no balls.
Curious how the 'typical U.S. citizen' defends the right of the president of the U.S. to live an opulent lifestyle while running the country into the ground with major debt spending.
Do you also defend that right for others? For example: Can the CEO of G.M. buy huge jumbo jets and fly all around and rent out luxury accommodations?
Congress seems to think it is unfit for the CEO of G.M. to do it, however they do it themselves.
How about the presidents of other countries? Can they hoard riches and live opulently while their people go bankrupt?
I detect some major problems with your line of thought. Generally it is called: Hypocrisy and 'willful negligence'.
'and 'willful negligence''
of course, I meant: 'Willful Ignorance'.
who had his brains vacuumed says this:'I detect some major problems with your line of thought.'
Who is he talking to, himself, again?
If he is, then for the first time in his short, miserable, misbegotten life, he is correct. Or is he talking to his imaginary friends?
what he means. Here's a hint, lance: you are meaningless. There that should end your angst. Now, go forth and multiply.
to allude to other posts that aren't there. Did lance have more posts of his removed for being profane? Or just too insane?
sp4 should call lance on the phone and argue
that would give the people on here a chance to say something once.
how about it guys ??
/good idea
page: 1
lanceMar 4th, 2009 - 21:41:55
All your union jobs belong to China!
Meanwhile ... Presidents and other politicians are NOT in favor of outsourcing their jobs. The U.S. constitution forbids it! And state statutes have laws against non-residence seeking public office as well!
Hypocrisy! They want absolute barriers for themselves and want to make the working class into slaves of the world and compete against slave labor in 3rd world countries.
Report this comment