Posted on 03/26/2009 2:55:08 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Mr Brown is on a three-continent trip ahead of next week's London summit.
He was speaking after holding talks with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Brazil's exports fell 25% in the past three months and the PM, who will also meet ex-football hero Socrates, urged the World Bank to provide trade credit.
Trade finance
In a joint statement, the two leaders called for measures to boost global economic demand and for action to protect emerging market economies from financial volatility.
Mr Brown argued that the credit crunch has led to a collapse in world trade, affecting economies of all sizes, and that support was needed to help rebuild it.
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It is enough to fund a very cushy lifestyle for a few thousand select elitist bureaucrats, however.
A single hundred billion dollars wouldn’t buy Obama’s breakfast.
You beat me to it. Damn.
Somehow... $100 billion doesn’t seem like a lot of money anymore.
After getting bitch slapped by nigel Farage he goes about his business like nothing happened. Amazing!
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