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
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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,
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There is no more important question for advanced industrial countries today than how to rise to the challenges and opportunities of globalization.
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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.
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In our view, if we are to avoid the disappointments of Seattle and Cancun, then Europe and America must move together and Europe should lead the way in rejecting agricultural protectionism,
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It has to be done this year, and that is our intention.
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But today, countries like ours will only be able to compete if we move up a gear into the high-tech, the high skilled, the value-added products and processes, the difference between being in a race to the bottom and a race to the top.
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I'm committed to putting a new system in place because people must know decisions are made that are above board and seen to be above board.
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In the United States, there is very little until Friday when we get both retail sales data and the preliminary March consumer sentiment survey from the University of Michigan.
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We had a discussion of what we at this historic time could as European Union finance ministers do to improve that process in peace and development,
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Two great issues of our time are addressed by Jim Wallis, and his thought-provoking answers make powerful reading for anyone interested in social change. Jim Wallis challenges us to create a society that both addresses injustice and stresses personal responsibility, and his call for a global covenant through which rich countries meet their obligations to the poor will have a resonance throughout the world.
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With a focus on supply and production targets, a focus on proper information from markets and a focus on investing in new productive capacity and refining capacity, we can get oil prices down,
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We have got to be sure that all the conditions are in the right place.
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There are risks in the world economy at the moment. The downturn in the world economy has not reached its bottom,
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We have met our inflation target this year every year since 1997.