Brown flies to meet President Obama for economy crisis talks

Mini-summit announced as George Soros says ‘the world financial system has disintegrated’

By David Randall and Jane Merrick

Sunday, 22 February 2009

Gordon Brown will fly to Washington next week for his first meeting with Barack Obama since he became President. He will discuss an economic crisis whose seriousness was underlined yesterday when the renowned economic guru George Soros said in a speech that the world financial system has “effectively disintegratedâ€