Trish Regan Quotes

I am a firm believer in free but fair trade. However the United States should not be on the losing end of trade agreements that are not enforced. It is time that we make China play fairly.

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

I'm not opposed to free trade if it's fair trade. But I am opposed to bad trade deals.

That foreign trade should be fair rather than free.

Before we move forward with new efforts to lower the barriers to international free trade, we must review the consequences of the policies of the past and address the problems of the present.

I am utterly opposed to anything which will alter the Free Trade character of this country.

Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and non-tariff barriers to American exports.

We need fair and free trade.

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

We all know that China is not a free trader. That's the reality.

We all share an interest in seeing China offer greater market access and eliminate unfair trade practices, and together we can insist China take the necessary steps to allow its economy to operate more fairly.

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

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

If the United States wants access to Chinese, Indian or Vietnamese markets, we must get access to theirs. U.S. protectionism is very subtle but it is very much there.

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.

Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade.

If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.

Mexico is the only country in the world that has a trade agreement with United States and Canada, and at the same time has one with Europe. These are the two largest markets in the world. By the same token, Mexico has one of the most open economies.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair.

I have long been a vocal advocate of reciprocal free trade though that position did not endear me to my own political party. And I continue to strongly believe in free and fair international trade.

You can’t have free trade of others don’t play by the same set of rules that our guys play by…. Free trade works if we open our markets and they open theirs.

Demanding reciprocity from our trade partners, and retaliating if we don't get it, doesn't undermine free trade, it defends free trade.

You cannot close down free trade. What you've got to do is open up markets.

In all free trade agreements there are winners and losers.