{"id":226737,"date":"2016-06-30T06:36:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T06:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=226737"},"modified":"2016-06-30T06:36:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T06:36:28","slug":"obama-warns-on-growth-after-brexit-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/obama-warns-on-growth-after-brexit-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama warns on growth after Brexit vote"},"content":{"rendered":"
US President Barack Obama has said the UK vote to leave the EU raises “longer-term concerns about global growth”.<\/p>\n
He said Brexit would “freeze the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole”.<\/p>\n
He appealed to the UK prime minister and other EU leaders to ensure an orderly process for the British exit.<\/p>\n
Earlier EU leaders warned that the UK must honour the principle of free movement of people if it wants to retain access to the single market.<\/p>\n
The leaders of the other 27 EU countries were meeting in Brussels without the UK for the first time in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama was speaking at a summit in Ottawa with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, aimed at strengthening economic ties between North American countries.<\/p>\n
He said the preparations by central banks and finance ministers indicated that “global economy in the short run will hold steady”.<\/p>\n