Quotes About Economy

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

E-commerce is a powerful means to connect the unconnected to global trade.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

It may be assumed as a fixed truth that the prosperity and riches of the farmer must depend on the prosperity and good national regulation of trade.

Free Trade puts consumers at the centre of economic activity. It lowers the cost of imports, which gives people the opportunity to buy more with the same amount of money: domestic producers have to compete with the lowest global costs or invest in new business.

The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.

Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.

Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.

In the long run, outsourcing is another form of trade that benefits the U.S. economy by giving us cheaper ways to do things.

Politicians of both parties told us that free trade with Asia and Latin America would spur economic growth, and maybe it did somewhere else. In our towns, though, factories continue shutting down or moving overseas.

In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.

An all-out trade war with China would be damaging to Disney's business and to business in general. It's something I think we have to be very careful about.

Trade is critical to us all - it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.

We know that trade, NAFTA, the free and open trade between Canada and the U.S. creates millions of good jobs on both sides of the border.

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

Men cannot not live by exchanging articles, but producing them. They live by work not trade.

I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation.

The problem is you cannot have free global trade with highly restrictive, regulated domestic markets.

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme.

When it comes to international trade, the question is, who is going to write the rules, the United States or China? And my vote is the United States.

In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.

As an economist specializing in the global economy, international trade and debt, I have spent most of my career helping others make big decisions - prime ministers, presidents and chief executives - and so I'm all too aware of the risks and dangers of poor choices in the public as well as the private sphere.

The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple.