Free trade Quotes

We want to expand the bases of support for a free trade agreement with the United States, and therefore we have to talk with the Democrats.

The message is NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) is there. NAFTA has helped both our countries enormously. We live up to the terms of NAFTA. We ask you, our best friend and most important trading partner to do the same thing.

It's a disaster for Canada, for free trade and Canadian industry.

It's not a new idea, the Efta convention has existed since 1960 and we have had a free-trade accord on industrial products with the European Community since 1972.

It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement.

We believe projects in Australia and New Zealand are promising because the two countries are in Free Trade Agreement talks with China.

The world has changed dramatically, with globalization and free trade, moving from an industrial economy to an information economy, ... But while that's been happening, K-12 education hasn't changed at all. Meanwhile, China's graduating five times as many engineers as we are, and you look at India and you get alarmed.

I'm committed to sustain current efforts to reach a free trade agreement with the United States.

It's not about politics. I was against [the North American Free Trade Agreement, which many more liberal politicians were also against.] I'm just out there to help enforce the laws.

I'm looking forward to the day when we have a free trade agreement (with New Zealand).

With free trade in the offing, it makes no sense for Canada to negotiate new trade barriers, particularly one that involves quotas. Under a quota, Canadian firms would continue to lose market share to suppliers from Europe and elsewhere. And by restricting supplies and causing huge price volatility, quotas would be the worst outcome for American consumers.

Through free trade, we have exported our principles, as well as our products - sharing America's freedom and democracy with the world.

A free trade agreement with Malaysia is about more than economics.

So we have no problem with imports. Our position is what it's always been, we're in favor of free trade as long as it's fair trade, whether it involves our NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) colleagues or any others around the world. So we're committed to maintaining full trade law enforcement.

This is a delicate time, in the middle of free trade agreement talks between the United States and South Korea. It won't bode well for the FTA talks.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

It would be ideal to end the free trade negotiations in the round that will begin on February 22 because on December 31 the Andean preferential trade law ends, but our interest is to sign an agreement that is mutually satisfactory and we will not hurry.

While he eliminated 1,400 Michigan jobs at Amway, DeVos has been a tireless promoter of free trade in general and with China in particular, all to benefit Amway's overseas profit-making.

We want free trade. Only in a free trade environment are we in a position to offer consumers a choice of the best products at the best available price.

Whether it's the cotton gin or the Internet, we've added value by innovating. Innovation and free trade have served us very well.

It would be a grave mistake to permit any one country to veto America's drive for global free trade.

We will also talk about current problems in trade of commodities and study the possibility of a free trade area.

After work began on the Sino-ASEAN free trade zone on July 20 last year, leading to tariff reductions for approximately 7,000 categories of goods, China and ASEAN have entered a new stage in terms of economic cooperation and trade ties.