Global Trade Quotes

There is no one trade agreement in the world that has country-specific content. It doesn't exist. Content has to be measured regionally.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.

With China, their primary weapon in China is what they've done with the devaluation of their currency.

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.

We will seek to eliminate scandalous agricultural subsidies which developed nations have that harms our own agriculture.

Mexican exports worldwide benefit the U.S. economy because of their high percentage of U. S. content.

International economic cooperation has delivered benefits to the United States and other countries that would have been impossible to attain otherwise.

U.S. trade policy has been a disaster for American workers.

By definition, by reducing our trade deficit we will be hurting consumers. Consumers are always better off with a trade deficit.

As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.

Like all Canadians, I was deeply frustrated by the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum. Conservatives are the party of free trade, and numerous Conservative MPs, including our leader Andrew Scheer, have travelled to the United States to help make the case for Canada.

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.

In general, global economic growth supports Russian economy.

I wanted to be clear that Republicans will continue to be a champion for expanding economic freedom to trade. It is at the heart of our free-enterprise system.

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

When someone says, `Let's impose tariffs on foreign imports,' it looks like they're doing the patriotic thing by protecting American products and jobs. And sometimes for a short while it works - but only for a short time....over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer. Markets shrink and collapse; businesses and industries shut down; and millions of people lose their jobs.

The absence of significant development aid has only increased the importance of trade for Central America's future.

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty.

The problem with NAFTA was with what we wanted. And there, the agenda had been set by our corporations. So what is true is that workers in the United States and workers in the developing countries were often disadvantaged. They were worse off. The big winners were our corporations.

We're a trading nation. We need to have trade, we rely on it, a vast proportion of our jobs in our country rely on trade agreements.

Trade creates jobs.

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.

If people think we can draw a circle around North America and that we can be an independent island of energy, that's not realistic. This is a world market for oil, for refined products, and increasingly, for natural gas.