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Brown urges US action on economy Brown urges new US-Europe links
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Gordon Brown is to urge the US to lead the world in tackling global problems. Gordon Brown has urged a "new dawn" in cooperation between Europe and America, in a foreign policy speech on the last day of his US trip.
At a speech in Boston he will say a "global society" with reformed international institutions is needed to fight recession and climate change. All European leaders could work with the US to forge "stronger transatlantic links," the prime minister said.
Earlier in a television interview, Mr Brown said he wanted "co-ordinated activity" by the US and Europe to halt rising food and oil prices. He urged them to work together to reform institutions like the UN, World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
On Thursday Mr Brown had to break off from meetings to persuade Angela Smith not to quit as a ministerial aide. Mr Brown is said to be angry that his trip to the US has been overshadowed by rows at home over his tax reforms.
On the final day of his US visit, Mr Brown is due to call for an overhaul of the international structures, like the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, in order to meet the challenges of the 21st century. In his speech at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, he called for international institutions to be reformed, in order to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Early warning The tantalising possibilities of a world where as John F Kennedy put it, the strong are just, the weak secure and the peace preserved are matched only by the terrifying risks of us failing to seize this moment Gordon Brown
He is due to say the UN needs to become more effective in dealing with conflict prevention and the stabilisation and reconstruction of failed states. Mr Brown wants the UN to become more effective in conflict prevention and resolution, the IMF to develop as an early warning system to prevent problems like the global credit crunch and the World Bank to acquire a new environmental emphasis.
My concern every day is what's happening for the person looking for their first home, what's happening to the mortgage payer Gordon Brown He said: "Now is an opportunity for an historic effort in co-operation; a new dawn in collaborative action between America and Europe - a new commitment from Europe that I believe all European leaders can work with America to forge stronger transatlantic links.
On the economy, he will call for the IMF to become an effective early warning system to prevent the sort of problems which have led to the current global financial crisis. "For I sense common ground between our two great continents in the urgent need for renewal and reform."
He is expected to say that the World Bank needs to acquire a new environmental edge, providing funds to developing nations to adopt "green" technologies. 'Truly global'
On Thursday the prime minister was forced to take time out of his official business to speak to Labour MP Angela Smith, who was reported to have threatened to resign her junior government post in protest at the government's abolition of the 10p tax rate. He also said that emerging nations such as China, India, South Africa and Brazil should have a greater influence in organisations like the G8, the IMF and the World Bank.
"Today - as we face these new global challenges - the tantalising possibilities of a world where as John F Kennedy put it, the strong are just, the weak secure and the peace preserved are matched only by the terrifying risks of us failing to seize this moment," he said.
"For the first time in human history we have the opportunity to come together around a global covenant to reframe the international architecture and build the truly global society."
Mr Brown has met President Bush and the three presidential candidates, senators John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in private meetings during his three-day trip.
But it has been overshadowed in the US media by that of Pope Benedict XVI, and he is said to believe a row over his decision to abolish the lowest rate of income tax at home has been exaggerated by the UK media.
On Thursday he broke off from meetings to telephone Labour MP Angela Smith to persuade her not to quit as a ministerial aide over the issue.
Later Ms Smith issued a statement denying she was about to quit as a parliamentary aide to Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper.Later Ms Smith issued a statement denying she was about to quit as a parliamentary aide to Treasury Chief Secretary Yvette Cooper.
Bush and Brown spoke of the special relationship between the US and the UK But since then four more ministerial aides have joined protests at the abolition of the 10p tax rate - although none have threatened to resign.
Interest rates In total more than 70 Labour MPs have signed one of three motions protesting about the tax move, which came into force this month.
Speaking to GMTV, Mr Brown said the US and Europe needed to work together to tackle rising prices. He also said he believed UK interest rates would fall over the next few months.
He said: "My concern every day is what's happening for the person looking for their first home, what's happening to the mortgage payer...that's why I'm in politics."
Mr Brown added: "We've got a problem at the moment with the economy. We've got to explain to people what's been happening.
"The most important thing for me is to get on and do the job."