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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jasper Jolly

Gordon Brown accuses Trump of ‘weaponising’ global trade system

Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown said the world is moving into a ‘multipolar’ order where no one global power can dominate. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Gordon Brown has accused Donald Trump of “weaponising” the global trading system with steep import tariffs that threaten a “breakdown” in the global economic order.

The former prime minister said governments and central banks should come up with a “global rescue plan” comparable to actions taken during the global financial crisis of 2008, including synchronised interest rate cuts to cushion the blow from tariffs.

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