Quotes About Globalization

China became the second biggest economy in the world by pegging their currency to the dollar at an artificially cheap rate.

If we use goods made from raw materials that are obtained from a poor country without the proceeds being used to benefit the people of that country, we become complicit in a particularly iniquitous form of grand larceny.

Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.

Mass literacy is a phenomenon of the past few centuries, and one that has reached the majority of the world's adult population only within the past 75 years.

More than four decades after Nixon met Mao, the relationship between the U.S. and China has reached a pivotal moment. To date, even as China has become more powerful and present in our lives, Americans have generally found it to be an unsatisfying 'enemy.'

I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country.

If the GOP wants to know why it lost the Reagan Democrats, it is because the GOP exported their jobs to Mexico and China.

I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.

When you see how people in the developing world react and how they use a camera, you realise how narcissistic we are and how the filming of ourselves and thinking that we're interesting enough to care about is odd.

I've had fans coming up to me and speaking Chinese or Japanese. It's not a case of mistaken nationality. I just don't think they realise that we don't all speak the same language.

This is not bad, but the pace of globalisation has surpassed the capacity of the system to adjust to new realities of a more interdependent and integrated world.

There are some who want to move us back to the days when we were protectionists and keep all goods off our shores.

Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.

The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.

For China, the GCC countries have emerged as a major market for Chinese manufactured goods and food exports.

The next Google is more likely going to come from outside the U.S. Whether it's in Europe, I am not sure. A lot of things have to change.

Xiaomi looks a bit like Apple but is really more like Amazon with some elements of Google.

Google attempted to run a search engine in China, and they ended up giving up.

Most people who use the Internet seem take its nature and characteristics for granted, like we take air and water for granted.

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

We are in favor of greater free markets.