Contagious Quote by Roberto Azevedo

Liberalized trade - in broadly multilateral, regional, or bilateral agreements - is a key ingredient in the recipe for prosperity... An absolute prerequisite for…

— Kevin Hassett

Free-trade enthusiasts fret that regional trade arrangements divert more trade than they create.

— Zanny Minton Beddoes

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

— Lawrence Summers

An intensification of trade or geopolitical tensions - with negative repercussions for global growth and risk appetite - could affect economies that are highly…

— Gita Gopinath

The international institutions go around the world preaching liberalization, and the developing countries see that means open up your markets to our commodities, but…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Our unique selling point as a country is global, not regional. Our industries have a pitch to the world, rather than simply trade with…

— Crispin Blunt

The problem with regional trade agreements is you get picked apart by the first country. Then you negotiate with the second country. You get…

— Wilbur Ross

Pretty soon, we should see a few large regional blocs dominating global trade. The ones that lower trade barriers faster will grow faster...

— Daniel Altman

Economically, unfair trade will benefit nobody in the long run, as poorer countries will be bled totally dry and will become unable to produce…

— Chris Martin

I accept the global complex and global trade more than do some of my liberal colleagues because I consider this a wise alternative to…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global…

— Lawrence Summers

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