March 13. 2009

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

This week, the British government voiced their dismay at the difficulties they are experiencing liaising with ally, President Barack Obama, regarding the G20 summit.

All the nations attending the G20 need to look at solid ideas regarding the global economy and realize that overspending shall be the enemy. Frugality and cost cutting should be the order of the day.

‘Difficult’ Americans hamper G20 efforts to secure a global deal

March 11, 2009 - A rift between Europe and America over the crux of the G20 summit was last night threatening Gordon Brown’s hopes for a deal to rescue the world economy.

The size of the challenge facing the British Government in bringing together world powers was emphasised in a candid admission by Britain’s most senior civil servant that it was proving “unbelievably difficult” to liaise with the Obama Administration to prepare for the meeting….

http://www.timesonline.co.uk