Prime Minister Gordon Brown
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to strike a decidedly anti-protectionist note in an address to Congress Wednesday, telling lawmakers that the “major challenges we all face are global.”
According to excerpts on his speech released by the U.K. government Wednesday morning, Mr. Brown will urge Congress to “seize the moment” to meet the challenges of the steep economic downturn together.
“If these times have shown us anything it is that the major challenges we all face are global,” Mr. Brown will say.
The Prime Minister will address Congress at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday.
At a time when in some elements of the Democratically controlled Congress there are distinctly protectionist noises being made, Mr. Brown will send a clear signal that the rest of the world relies on the U.S. to help lift it out economic crisis.
“For a century you have carried upon your shoulders the greatest of responsibilities: to work with and for the rest of the world,” Mr. Brown will say. “And let me tell you that now more than ever the rest of the world wants to work with you.”
