Wilbur Ross

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

— Wilbur Ross

There's trade, there's sensible trade, and there's dumb trade.

— Wilbur Ross

We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit.

— Wilbur Ross

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick…

— Wilbur Ross

We'll be aggressive on trade because we know that deals that have been made historically have resulted in the great loss of…

— Wilbur Ross

If people know you have the big bazooka, you probably don't have to use it.

— Wilbur Ross

The United States is the least protectionist country in the world but has the largest trade deficit, while other countries are highly…

— Wilbur Ross

Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

— Wilbur Ross

Barring some national security concern, I see no valid reason to keep peer-reviewed research from the public. To be clear, by 'peer…

— Wilbur Ross

China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice.

— Wilbur Ross

I believe in the two-party system.

— Wilbur Ross

Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.

— Wilbur Ross

We think, over the long term, the real key to value of a bank is does it have true deposits from true…

— Wilbur Ross

I'm a very big proponent of cloud. We've used it a lot in private sector, and as far as we can tell,…

— Wilbur Ross

I think partly the decline in the peso was due to worry about renegotiation of NAFTA, but I think we also need…

— Wilbur Ross

Washington, D.C., is the new Wall Street. No significant financial transaction of any consequence occurs without it.

— Wilbur Ross

What is worrisome about that is the U.S. standard of living. I think it is very difficult to envision our standard of…

— Wilbur Ross

I think there's a big difference between the impact of trade agreements on corporate America and the impact on Mr. and Mrs.…

— Wilbur Ross

China is the world's biggest exporter, but they're also the people with one of the highest tariffs on imports in the whole…

— Wilbur Ross

I think what we have to do is figure out how to make sure we get the benefits of improved technology and…

— Wilbur Ross

NAFTA is an ancient treaty.

— Wilbur Ross

There are deep value opportunities in insurance stocks, which were beaten down because of their exposure to the subprime crisis, annuities, and…

— Wilbur Ross

Shipping has a great oversupply of vessels that came from over-ordering a few years back. We think 2014 may be when it…

— Wilbur Ross

Confrontational things, admission of error, admission of defeat, restructuring, laying people off - those are not American ideals.

— Wilbur Ross

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

— Wilbur Ross