Gordon Brown and Barack Obama will meet at the White House tomorrow to discuss a “global new deal” to rebuild the world economy.
Writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Brown said the two leaders would discuss a deal “whose impact can stretch from the villages of Africa to reforming the financial institutions of London and New York”.
He emphasised the importance of the special relationship between Britain and America and said he was keen to strengthen it further.
Mr Brown said:
“Now is the time for leaders of every country in the world to work together to agree the action that will see us through the current crisis and ensure we come out stronger. And there is no international partnership in recent history that has served the world better than the special relationship between Britain and the United States.”
The Prime Minister, who first met Mr Obama on a trip to Washington in April last year, will become the first European leader to visit him since the Presidential inauguration in January. He is also set to address a joint session of Congress during the visit.
The trip to Washington comes after Sunday’s informal EU Council in Brussels on the economic crisis. Following the meeting, Mr Brown said he would take a “clear message” to Mr Obama from EU leaders that agreeing a deal on the world economy was “vitally urgent”.
Read Gordon Brown’s article in the Sunday Times (new window)
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