Quotes About Diplomacy

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.

Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy.

It's very personal to me that we get these trade deals right.

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.

We would never accept a prime minister saying, 'Well, maybe I'll intervene and use a trade issue as a link to an independent investigation into criminal activity.'

President Obama has proven himself to be a terrible negotiator. I don't support any trade deal negotiated by his administration.

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

I don't want to stop and build protectionism out there, but I certainly don't mind tough negotiation with our trade partners.

We do not wish to open your ports to foreign trade all at once.

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.

I don't expect the U.S. and China to get into a trade war simply because I think there are good people on both sides who realize that that's not in either economy's interest.

The adult way to run a business is to run it more like a country. They have disputes, yet they've actually been able to have huge trade with each other. They're not sending bombs at each other.

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 United States already has in place comprehensive trade sanctions against Sudan, imposed because of the regime's support for terrorism. While we maintain diplomatic relations, we do not staff our embassy there.

China has concluded that trade trumps all.

Ronald Reagan, when he was campaigning for President, said that he would break relations with Communist China and re-establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan. But when he got into office, he pursued a very different policy of engagement with China and of increasing trade and business ties with China.

Pakistan is the first South Asian country to sign a free trade agreement and currency swap agreement with China.

As ambassador, I am focused on expanding bilateral trade and investment between the United States and Spain.

I'm all for greater co-operation between Europe and America because I think that sometimes we've missed out on the benefits that transatlantic trade could give both continents, and I've been pressing this since 1997.

One of the roles of a U.S. ambassador - anywhere in the world - is to promote bilateral trade and investment.

I do believe that international trade agreements benefit both nations, always.

The problem with regional trade agreements is you get picked apart by the first country. Then you negotiate with the second country. You get picked apart. And you go with the third one. You get picked apart again.