Development Quote by Anna Lindh

The problem with regional trade agreements is you get picked apart by the first country. Then you negotiate with the second country. You get…

— Wilbur Ross

Free-trade enthusiasts fret that regional trade arrangements divert more trade than they create.

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

Our unique selling point as a country is global, not regional. Our industries have a pitch to the world, rather than simply trade with…

— Crispin Blunt

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

— Roberto Azevedo

Creating a structure for mutual prosperity requires lowering regional and transnational barriers to facilitate the flow of goods and promote people-to-people interactions.

— Moon Jae-in

Factors affecting effective regional cooperation are mindsets and perceptions emanating from the past

— Khaleda Zia

Experience has shown that the trade of the East is the key to national wealth and influence.

— Chester A. Arthur

Working with our neighboring states and provinces is essential to our efforts to grow our economy, as well as to protect our region from…

— Phil Scott

There are many signs of the value created by all the exchange that takes place in a city. We see it in productivity and…

— Paul Romer

For a small country like Norway, it's important for our ability to trade and to invest across borders that we have fair trade and…

— Erna Solberg

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

— Anna Lindh

Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic…

— Koki Hirota