Government Quote by Wilbur Ross

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

— Wilbur Ross

There's trade, there's sensible trade, and there's dumb trade.

— Wilbur Ross

We're in a trade war. We've been in a trade war for decades. That's why we have the deficit.

— Wilbur Ross

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going…

— Wilbur Ross

We'll be aggressive on trade because we know that deals that have been made historically have resulted in the great loss of manufacturing jobs,…

— Wilbur Ross

If people know you have the big bazooka, you probably don't have to use it.

— Wilbur Ross

The United States is the least protectionist country in the world but has the largest trade deficit, while other countries are highly protectionist and…

— Wilbur Ross

Banking, I would argue, is the most heavily regulated industry in the world. Regulations don't solve things. Supervision solves things.

— Wilbur Ross

Barring some national security concern, I see no valid reason to keep peer-reviewed research from the public. To be clear, by 'peer review,' I…

— Wilbur Ross

China is the most protectionist country of the very large countries. They talk more about free trade than they actually practice.

— Wilbur Ross

I believe in the two-party system.

— Wilbur Ross

Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.

— Wilbur Ross