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Gordon Brown accuses Trump of ‘weaponising’ global trade system
13 Apr 2025 17:39 GMT
Gordon Brown has accused Donald Trump of “weaponising” the global trading system with steep import tariffs that threaten a “breakdown” in the global economic order.
The former prime minister said that governments and central banks should come up with a “ …
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Reeves calls for global free trade fightback
13 Apr 2025 06:11 GMT
… far-reaching changes to global trade and economic agreements, admitting …
Rejecting the ideas of protectionism – now being aggressively … policy – and backing the free trade alternative, she adds: “ … the former prime minister Gordon Brown wrote in the Guardian …
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Rachel Reeves calls for global free trade fightback to protect UK economy
12 Apr 2025 18:44 GMT
… far-reaching changes to global trade and economic agreements, … “recognises the benefits of free trade” over the kind of …
Rejecting the ideas of protectionism – now being aggressively … Former British prime minister Gordon Brown said key trading nations …
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Starmer urged to accelerate global trade deals after Trump tariff chaos
10 Apr 2025 14:04 GMT
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Gordon Brown calls for ‘economic coalition of the willing’ to tackle Trump tariffs
10 Apr 2025 05:02 GMT
Gordon Brown has called for an “economic … Ukraine or the challenges in global trade at the moment, mean that …
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Trump is pushing the world towards recession. By learning the lessons of 2008, we can still prevent it | Gordon Brown
10 Apr 2025 05:02 GMT
… itself as a champion of free trade, it is in its interests … all poorer and less secure.
Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from …
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Keir Starmer could strike a US free trade deal within months if he chooses to prioritise it over the EU, former Conservative trade secretary says
06 Feb 2025 02:44 GMT
… Starmer could strike a lucrative free trade deal with Donald Trump within … ' led by a former Gordon Brown aide to unpick parts of …
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From MAGA to meltdown: the unmaking of America's order
20 Apr 2025 06:35 GMT
… Great Depression, rising protectionism, and the rise … liberalising and overseeing global trade. The global trade watchdogs provided a … undermine the dollar in international trade, accuses other countries … calling for.
As Gordon Brown, former prime minister …
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The Observer view on poverty: promises won’t get children off the breadline | Editorial
19 Apr 2025 18:54 GMT
… tax revenues rising, and so Gordon Brown could channel some of that … the backdrop of a possible global trade war – this means that there …
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Gordon Brown calls for social media regulation as he warns social bonds are 'fraying'
25 Aug 2024 21:11 GMT
… the decline of civic institutions
Gordon Brown has called for regulation to … of power, while free trade is being replaced with protectionism. Meanwhile, countries around …