Speaking at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, Brown says this view extends to middle powers like India and Indonesia. “When you think about the middle powers, [they] don't want to end up being squeezed between China and America; it would be far better if we could work with both in a multilateral system.”
It is in every country’s interest to have multilateral cooperation. This is becoming even more pertinent in a multipolar era, says former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, where the US is no longer acting unilaterally and China is becoming more significant on the world stage.
“Europe needs multilateral cooperation because it needs a trading economy. Africa needs multilateral cooperation because clearly, the resources it needs to be able to develop industrially must come from outside Africa, as well as inside Africa,” says Brown at the Amundi World Investment Forum on June 13.
