Quotes About Commerce

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.

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.

It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it.

The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.

It is in all our interests that the arteries of global trade are kept free, open and running.

For centuries my father's family lived on Britain's biggest tidal river, the Severn, on which there was a huge trade with the interior, and through the Port of Bristol with America.

While U.K. is one of India's most important trade and investment partners, India has become one of the largest investors in the U.K.

After aircraft production, the entertainment industry is America's largest source of trade surplus.

China has concluded that trade trumps all.

The idea that debt is necessary for trade, and has to be forgiven, is consequent to the rise of a market economy. The idea that debt is wrong and should be punished is a feature of a moral economy.

China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.

Free trade will go a long way toward alleviating poverty in Central America. Yet trade alone is not enough.

I believe in free trade. I don't support regulating trade prices between different regions. Our point of view is we don't want trade barriers between different countries.

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

You don't need to be within the single market to trade; it's not an issue.

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

We've made our living for a long time on commerce and trade at the border.

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

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe.

A lot of people believe, and I do at times, that some of our trade agreements are lopsided, and we've got to look at them. But that doesn't mean that we're going to put a tariff on everything.

Free trade agreements are never for one sector alone.

We want trade agreements that aid development and increase prosperity, growth and productivity at home and in our trade partner countries.