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“In 1961, before the container was in international use, ocean freight costs alone accounted for 12 percent of the value of U.S. exports and…

— Marc Levinson

Now, the impact on export markets - we export about 10 percent of what we produce, so obviously that will probably have some impact…

— Ann Veneman

As part of our research, we monitor just about every announced deal globally that is in excess of a billion dollars.

— John Paulson

For China, the GCC countries have emerged as a major market for Chinese manufactured goods and food exports.

— Sanjaya Baru

Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports.

— Manmohan Singh

“Importance of price: Price is imperative for FMCG retailers, much more so than for manufacturers. Retailers must constantly keep their real prices competitive and put…

— Greg Thain

World military spending has now risen to over $1.2 trillion. This incredible sum represents 2.5 per cent of GDP (global gross domestic product). Even…

— Ban Ki-moon

Manufacturing value chains are global. Many U.S.-made goods have foreign components. Slapping on tariffs will raise prices and slow imports, but it will make…

— David Autor

According to the Institute for International Economics, trade barriers cost American consumers $80 billion a year or more than $1,200 per family.

— Walter E. Williams

Between 1939 and 1945 you produced weapons and war equipment valued at thirteen billion dollars, 70 per cent of which you shipped to your…

— Anonymous

We have the greatest negotiators in the world, we have the greatest business people in the world, we don't use them. We use political…

— Donald Trump

“... to undertake a gargantuan task: calculate the value of all the services provided by all the ecosystems, from the forest to the floodplains…

— Joe Roman