Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brownis a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair Government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliamentfrom 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth20 February 1951
CityGiffnock, Scotland
accept commission excessive investment plans public simply
Where the Commission suggests that our public investment plans may be excessive we do not agree. We simply do not accept it.
clearly interest national necessary
We have said very clearly that not only is the rebate justified, but if in the national interest it was necessary to do so we would have to use our veto.
advanced challenges countries industrial question rise today
There is no more important question for advanced industrial countries today than how to rise to the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
believe countries looking setting
We believe that other countries are now looking at setting up something similar.
compete high moving tech value
The only way we have to compete is by moving in the high value services, high tech industries.
barriers competition economy remove wherever
We need to make our economy more pro-competition and pro-enterprise. Wherever there are barriers to companies, we will remove them.
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There are only eight weeks to go to these vital Hong Kong discussions. I do not believe that you can get a vital agreement that works if we wait until people arrive in Hong Kong.
addressing balance capital economies forward global move national problems role sheltered
Let us move the IMF forward from its old role for an old world of sheltered national economies -- of addressing balance of payments problems -- to a new role in a world of global capital flows.
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We are talking about a new deal between the rich countries and poor countries of the world.
proposals supported
The breakthrough is that we now have a set of proposals that are supported by the whole international community.
obviously progress
There's been some progress, but obviously we want to see some more.
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Where I think there is common ground now, and I think that goes for producer and consumer countries, is that everyone agrees we must have more stable long-term oil prices,
bank commission establish european forward guarantee including invited loan partners scheme small support technical work
We have invited the commission and the ... bank to take forward technical work on a European support package, including discussions with other international partners to establish a loan guarantee scheme for small businesses,