The whole idea of a trade deal is to build a fence around participants inside and give them an advantage over the outside. So there's a conceptual flaw in that, one of many conceptual flaws in NAFTA. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share Image
The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
We'll be aggressive on trade because we know that deals that have been made historically have resulted in the great loss of manufacturing jobs,… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
The United States is the least protectionist country in the world but has the largest trade deficit, while other countries are highly protectionist and… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
Barring some national security concern, I see no valid reason to keep peer-reviewed research from the public. To be clear, by 'peer review,' I… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities. — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
We think, over the long term, the real key to value of a bank is does it have true deposits from true long-term customers?… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
I'm a very big proponent of cloud. We've used it a lot in private sector, and as far as we can tell, it is… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
I think partly the decline in the peso was due to worry about renegotiation of NAFTA, but I think we also need to think… — Wilbur Ross Copy Share
