I believe that trade is essential for economic growth and development around the world, but I also believe that trade is imperfect. — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and one of… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
Just having the economy picking up doesn't mean that we will get through or that we will turn the chapter on many of the… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
One thinks that one is winning when we slap tariffs or introduce barriers to imports from another country, and we think we win. But… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
The best thing we can do to secure the future of the global system, trading system, is to redouble the efforts to improve the… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well. — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
I think what helps me is that delegations of all sizes - the small, the medium, the large, the largest - they all have… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable. — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure.… — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side. — Roberto Azevedo Copy Share Image
