Roberto Azevedo

My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and…

— Roberto Azevedo

Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits…

— Roberto Azevedo

At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the…

— Roberto Azevedo

Just having the economy picking up doesn't mean that we will get through or that we will turn the chapter on many…

— Roberto Azevedo

In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid…

— Roberto Azevedo

One thinks that one is winning when we slap tariffs or introduce barriers to imports from another country, and we think we…

— Roberto Azevedo

The best thing we can do to secure the future of the global system, trading system, is to redouble the efforts to…

— Roberto Azevedo

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

— Roberto Azevedo

I think what helps me is that delegations of all sizes - the small, the medium, the large, the largest - they…

— Roberto Azevedo

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

— Roberto Azevedo

Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any…

— Roberto Azevedo

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side.

— Roberto Azevedo

I think educational systems have to be more nimble, have to be more adapted to today's realities where students can go in…

— Roberto Azevedo

New technologies, innovative management, higher productivity, displacements in the labour market, increased migration - these are all provoking major economic, social, and…

— Roberto Azevedo

We cannot look backwards. What we have to do is raise our heads, look forward, roll up our sleeves and work.

— Roberto Azevedo

I believe that trade is essential for economic growth and development around the world, but I also believe that trade is imperfect.

— Roberto Azevedo

Trade is not the cause for unemployment. In fact, the biggest drivers for unemployment are innovation and increased productivity. It has nothing…

— Roberto Azevedo

It's not compatible to expect multilateralism to work and, at the same time, to expect to walk out with everything you wanted.…

— Roberto Azevedo