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Trade Quotes


"The biggest trade that Germany and Britain had was with each other, in the prewar period; I think I'm right in that. Two highly industrialized nations had the most trade with each other, and it wasn't tariff policies alone that made trade relations better for both of them."


"America's largest trade deficit is with China, a nation that enjoys Permanent Normal Trade Relations with the U.S. and ties its currency to the dollar to make it a more competitive trading partner."


"The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices."


"Reducing trade barriers with this key ally will go a long way toward increasing market access for American farmers, manufacturers and service providers."


"If these assets were set up as a revolving fund with which Japan could import raw materials for its industries, Japanese exports could again enter the channels of world trade-and Japanese workers would have employment and something to eat."


"It is not easy to be a pioneer - but oh, it is fascinating! I would not trade one moment, even the worst moment, for all the riches in the world."


"To try to correct imbalances with trade restrictions is a grave error."


"It was tumultuous, it was crazy, but I would not trade it for anything."


"Any types of auditions will be posted in trade magazines."


"Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a trade unionist."


"I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his."


"I was in Jersey when the whole World Trade Center thing happened and I felt powerless. So, I went to Hawaii and did a surf movie. It's kind of fluffy."


"We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that."


"I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade."


"China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement."


"The CAFTA region currently imports $15 billion annually of U.S. agriculture and manufactured goods."


"Local differences in the prices of commodities whose natures are technologically identical are to be explained on the one hand by differences in the cost of preparing them for consumption (expenses of transport, cost of retailing etc.) and on the other hand by the physical and legal obstacles that restrict the mobility of commodities and human beings."
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