Anna Lindh Quotes

The developing countries must be able to take a more active part in trade negotiations, through technical assistance and support from the developed countries.

There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets.

And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance.

If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.

Liberalization of trade barriers are essential for long-term global growth.

America has a right to demand that the world’s markets are open to our products …

When developing countries go to the WTO and register their protest over things, they should be heard. Their views should be considered by the rich countries.

We seek to better integrate Brazil into the world... and eliminate unfair trade practices and uncertainty for foreign trade flows.

Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.

If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.

Free trade has been one of the tenets of the modern Mexican economy, and it's through competition and free trade that we will continue to advance.

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.

The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and capital flows. Russia shares these principles.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

Foreign trade can no longer be dealt with apart from other domestic economic policies and concerns. Governments often employ trade policies less for commercial ends than to achieve other goals- economic, political, and social.

Demanding freedom of access to other markets isn't protectionism, it's free trade.

When you lower trade barriers and level the playing field, you create a mutual pool of wealth.

The countries that stand to benefit most from greater competition and openness are those nations that display the highest protection.

I do not believe that we are under any obligation whatsoever to the Filipino people to open our markets..

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and non-tariff barriers to American exports.

For trade to grow, India must make a strategic decision that you want to encourage interdependence and more openness and more trade-based economy.

In my home district, exports support more than 100,000 jobs. Imagine how many more jobs we can create by breaking down the barriers that prevent Chicago-made goods and services from entering new markets.