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Baroness Ashton attacked over proposed 'banana wars' deal

Baroness Ashton is accused of abandoning Europe’s commitment to tackling poverty with the proposed deal to end the 16-year banana wars. Photograph: Rex Features Baroness Ashton, Brussels' new foreign policy chief, was accused today of abandoning Europe' ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission

Baroness Ashton will change jobs during Doha summit

Trade commissioner BaronessBaroness Ashton will take up her duties as Europe's new foreign policy chief on 1 December, halfway through a critical summit of world trade ministers in Geneva, and will be without a permanent replacement until February, it ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pascal Lamy,  World Trade Organization,  Neelie Kroes,  Lord Mandelson,  Barack Obama

OECD tlls Darling he cannot afford a pre-election giveaway

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development today warned Alistair Darling that he has no scope to afford pre-election giveaways, as official figures revealed that last month was the worst October on record for the public finances. With ...

From HEATHER STEWART, ASHLEY SEAGER, Guardian Unlimited,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,  Alistair Darling,  Office for National Statistics,  Bank of England,  Mervyn Allister King

Fair trade fear if 'banana war' ends

Workers classify bananas for export at Bananera El Esfuerzo farm in Costa Rica Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters Britain's shoppers are being urged to keep faith with fair trade Caribbean banana growers as Europe and Latin America prepare to ...

From HEATHER STEWART, The Observer,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: World Trade Organization,  Pascal Lamy

'Tobin tax' gains transatlantic support

US treasury secretary Tim Geithner was sceptical about a 'Tobin tax', but the new bill should stimulate debate. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Campaigners are battling to build a transatlantic coalition to back proposals for a "Tobin tax" as ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Timothy F. Geithner,  Peter DeFazio,  U.S. Democratic Party,  George W. Bush,  Hank Paulson

Aggressive spending cuts would create 'zombie economy', warns TUC secretary

"Slash and burn" spending cuts could sentence the UK to a decade as a Japanese-style "zombie economy," TUC general secretary Brendan Barber warned today. Speaking at the TUC's Beyond Crisis conference in London, about how to kick-start the UK economy, ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brendan Barber,  Alistair Darling,  Pat McFadden,  Ed Miliband

TUC calls for £5bn tax on empty homes

• 1m homes standing empty are a national scandal – TUC chief • Brendan Barber attacks purchase of homes for speculation A house in Mayfair, London, taken over by a group of serial squatters. TUC boss Brendan Barber calls empty homes a 'national scandal' ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Brendan Barber,  Alistair Darling,  Bank of England

Bubble trouble: rise in asset prices adds to fears for recovery

Traders in Sao Paulo's futures and commodities market. Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP The din from the commodity pits on the Chicago exchanges is growing louder. Estate agents in Kensington and Chelsea say they can't meet demand for £1m-£1.5m homes. Wall ...

From LARRY ELLIOTT, HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mervyn Allister King,  Bank of England,  Ben Bernanke,  Alan Greenspan,  Nouriel Roubini

Brown sends team to IMF to lobby for City tax

Brown hopes to persuade the IMF to consider an international transaction tax. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images Two top Treasury officials have been sent to Washington under orders from Gordon Brown to press the International Monetary Fund to ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Monetary Fund,  G-20,  Gordon Brown,  Dominique Strauss-Kahn,  Alistair Darling

Recovery has only just started, warns sombre King

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, warned today that the UK has "only just started along the road to recovery," and it would be 2011 before the economy returns to pre-credit crunch strength. The Bank now expects growth to bounce back above 4% ...

From HEATHER STEWART, Guardian Unlimited,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mervyn Allister King,  Bank of England,  Alistair Darling,  HSBC

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