Domain Quote by Christine Lagarde

Trade is a social act. Whoever undertakes to sell any description of any goods to the public, does what affects the interest of other…

— John Stuart Mill

When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates,…

— Carroll Quigley

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.

— Thorstein Veblen

Protectionism has never been an answer, will never be an answer. We need trade. We need trade agreements worldwide.

— Frans Timmermans

Trade deals are not the vehicle for raising or lowering standards of protection for consumers, the environment, workers or anyone else. Regulations are made…

— Kenneth Clarke

While American intellectual property deserves protection, that protection must be won and defended in a manner that does not stifle innovation, erode due process…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.

— C. J. Cherryh

Well, anything you want to make public is your public business.

— Danny Bonaduce

Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into…

— Mike Pompeo

Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants,…

— Winston Churchill

The great danger to the consumer is the monopoly -whether private or governmental. His most effective protection is free competition at home and free…

— Milton Friedman

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

— Tom Scholz