Apologies for the Slave Trade?

Thanks to Tony Blair deciding to express regret for the UK's part in the Slave Trade, this has been Big News here this week.

However, actions speak louder than words and, today, the ongoing slavery we should be apologising for (and abolishing) is the burden of debt that we refuse to remove from developing economies that cannot help themselves because of unfair trade rules, etc., etc..

Furthermore, given the content of the Stern Report, we had better start saving now in order to fund the claims for reparations that will likely be made in the future by the millions that will be affected by our failure to mitigate the effects of global warming. Nevertheless, President Bush, an apology would be most welcome...