On VAT reforms, the proposal suggests broadening the tax base at a standard rate of 23%, and would include restaurants, and catering.
Mr Brown also took a swipe at a Tory proposal to impose VAT on airline tickets.
The dangerous proposal to put VAT on static caravans is, however, an issue that unites us across the party divide.
Agustín Carstens, the finance minister, has ruled out levying VAT on food and medicine the proposal that led to disaster for Mr Fox.Mr Calderón's disciplined consensus-building may only take him so far.
Speaking after the meeting with the chancellor, Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, said: "He listened and seemed to understand the serious threat the proposal to impose VAT on static caravans poses for the East Yorkshire economy.
Few in the Treasury, if anyone, probably expected the outcry following proposals to impose VAT on hot food such as Cornish pasties.
Yet the rival proposals for reforming VAT are not that far apart; for example, the Greek government wants a 6% rate for medicine whereas the creditors want 11%.Mr Tsipras has long insisted that cuts to pensions are a "red line" he will not cross.
The proposals to impose VAT onsoftware, data and other non-physical goods are a blow to companies such as Microsoft msft, Dow Jones dj andQualcomm qcom, which sell software or data online.
A major factor causing the Greens to lose support was the party's strong opposition to the SPÖ's proposals to lower the VAT rate on basic food products, which proved to be a popular measure with the electorate.
One of the common proposals is lowering the VAT and other taxes for buying a house.
