Change Quote by Gary Shilling

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

— Frans Timmermans

There are legitimate concerns and anxieties that the forces of globalisation are leaving too many people behind - and we have to take those…

— Barack Obama

I would like to believe that TPP will lead to more exports and jobs for the American people. But history shows that big trade…

— Dan Lipinski

Look at trade and automation: two competing but slightly overlapping forces in the shrinking of the duration of jobs right now. We have to…

— Ben Sasse

We need to fight protectionism with everything that we have because when there's a level playing field and when you have open markets and…

— Condoleezza Rice

Anyone believing the TPP is good for Americans take note: The foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based corporations could just as easily challenge any U.S. government…

— Robert Reich

We can't put up a protectionist dam on our own against the neo-liberal world market either. However, we can try, together with our European…

— Johan Huizinga

If we start thinking simply nationally, and we start having policies that try and restrict the benefits only within our borders, and try and…

— Stephen Harper

The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs,…

— Bernie Sanders

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history…

— Manmohan Singh

The vast majority of Americans are employed in service sector industries, and many of those sectors are highly internationalized. The most high-value added sectors,…

— Judy Woodruff

Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen