Chains Quote by Michael Spence

In developing countries, lack of infrastructure is a far more serious barrier to trade than tariffs.

— Joseph Stiglitz

I believe in removing barriers in international trade. Part of the reason is that this creates huge markets for all of our products.

— Petro Poroshenko

Obstacles to trade put up the cost both to consumers and businesses.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

— Stephen Moore

Making the most of global trade opportunities does not mean transitioning to a low-tax, deregulatory, 'Bargain Basement' economy. It means developing a robust Industrial…

— Barry Gardiner

My experience to date has been that change, particularly relative to business, rarely happens in a revolutionary way. That isn't to say there are…

— Jeffrey Hollender

The globalized nature of production and innovation means that the benefits don't necessarily stay in the country where the investments are made.

— Mariana Mazzucato

Inward-looking unilateral trade policies invite retaliation.

— Arancha Gonzalez

The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for development. In…

— Rob Portman

As someone who's built business, I take tariffs and their effects very seriously and would only employ such negotiation tools when absolutely necessary.

— Mike Braun

Now, what produces a want of demand A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.

— Joseph Hume

Let me say at the outset that I do not reflexively oppose international trade.

— Richard Neal