Quotes About Global

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.

My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.

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.

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 WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

The shipping industry plays a fundamental role in boosting global trade and prosperity. Maritime leaders have rightly recognised the need to invest in more energy-efficient vessels and to apply measures like slow-steaming. But to ensure a level playing field, collective action is urgently needed across the sector.

Today, even small entities that trade complex instruments or are granted sufficient leverage can threaten the global financial system.

How can we have 'freer' free trade? Let's get real, for God's sake.

Trade plays an important role in empowering our nation, growing its economy, creating domestic jobs, and enhancing American competitiveness in the global chain of commerce.

If done correctly, strengthening our trade relationship with India will create jobs here in America.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else. We are the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

A country the size of Brazil can't be held back by Mercosur to do trade with the rest of the world.

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.

The rest of the world needs the US economy and financial system to recover in order for it to revive. We remain at the center of global economic activity with financial and trade ties to every region of the globe.

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

An intensification of trade or geopolitical tensions - with negative repercussions for global growth and risk appetite - could affect economies that are highly dependent on foreign demand or external financing.

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe.

Tariffs are only one tool in enforcing our global trade policy.

Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.

America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.

I had the trade minister in China sit down as we were preparing for trade negotiations. He said, 'Please don't let people in the United States lose their confidence because when you lose your confidence, the rest of the world suffers'.