Different directions Quote by Roberto Azevedo

My job is to prioritize multi-lateralism, and that of course interests Brazil, which is a global player. I'm representing 159 members, and one of…

— Roberto Azevedo

Each blockage is a blockage. Each impasse is an impasse. You have to find a solution; there is no recipe that fits each one…

— Roberto Azevedo

At the WTO, it's never a general surgery. It's always a very specific, clinical, precise surgery - and you can't miss the target. If…

— Roberto Azevedo

Just having the economy picking up doesn't mean that we will get through or that we will turn the chapter on many of the…

— Roberto Azevedo

In an era of global value chains, worldwide sourcing and the never-ending search for new markets, we must be careful to avoid the proliferation…

— Roberto Azevedo

One thinks that one is winning when we slap tariffs or introduce barriers to imports from another country, and we think we win. But…

— Roberto Azevedo

The best thing we can do to secure the future of the global system, trading system, is to redouble the efforts to improve the…

— Roberto Azevedo

Trade liberalization can be contagious, and the opening of markets regionally can spark progress multilaterally as well.

— Roberto Azevedo

I think what helps me is that delegations of all sizes - the small, the medium, the large, the largest - they all have…

— Roberto Azevedo

We have to learn how to work within the limits that are possible, not what is desirable.

— Roberto Azevedo

Making strong infrastructural reforms, particularly in the area of social security, that's not an appealing prospect for any country or for any political structure.…

— Roberto Azevedo

In most negotiations, you can't attribute success or failure in negotiations to one side.

— Roberto Azevedo