Quote by John Bemelmans Marciano Download Open image ““containerization has had a greater impact on global trade than all GATT talks combined.”” — John Bemelmans Marciano ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty. — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
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More than any other issue, economists have kind of been boosters for trade. — David Autor Copy Share Image
Trade means jobs, but trade also means security. The time has come for all of us to urge the swift adoption of the Trans… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
NAFTA was much more popular among US corporations than GATT, because NAFTA is highly protectionist in ways that GATT is not. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Donald Trump spoke to the experience of ordinary working people when he dubbed Nafta the 'worst trade deal ever made.' — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
“What weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold? sounds like a trick question for third-graders, for which the answer should… — John Bemelmans Marciano Copy Share Image
“The tombstone of coinage, arguably the most important measure in history, could read: Born Lydia, Anatolia, 7th century B.C. Died Washington, D.C., 20th century… — John Bemelmans Marciano Copy Share Image
“Jefferson offered a simpler plan: Adopt the Spanish dollar. But with a twist. Rather than splitting it into eighths and sixteenths or twelfths and… — John Bemelmans Marciano Copy Share Image
“It is deeply ironic that while America was hemming and hawing over whether to go metric on account of its shrinking place in world… — John Bemelmans Marciano Copy Share Image