Mike Pence Quotes

But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade agreements are good for economic growth and economic opportunity in creating jobs and lifting people out of poverty.

We aren't leveraging this great economic engine, the strongest economy in the world. And yet we have this totally weak response. We import $500 billion a year more in products than we export.

Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade.

Britain has always been at its most successful when it's a trading nation.

Our business thrives on free and open global trade.

Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into the United States - because we want and need them and because someone here believes that the good or service received in exchange for our dollars creates value for them.

The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.

The trade deficit is the capital surplus and don't ever think of having a capital surplus as being a bad thing for our country.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Free trade, far from protectionism, is the path that we should take to make Latin America a thriving actor in the global economy.

In the long run, trade works for America.

Trade never balances. It hasn’t since 1776.

We are only 5 percent of the world's population and 20 percent of the world's economy. We have to be able to trade in order to grow.

I believe that trade is essential for economic growth and development around the world, but I also believe that trade is imperfect.

What we should do is promote trade in the world, not try to stifle it.

Free trade is the way to bring jobs and prosperity.

One of the key drivers of Ireland's future is our balance of trade surplus.

The United States cannot achieve significant economic growth without expanding exports.

Opening markets abroad through trade agreements is especially important for American small businesses and manufacturers to enhance growth and job creation.

Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically, better growth in the U.S. economy has led to larger trade deficits.

We cannot talk about trade without talking about China.

It has been proven through studies by the World Bank and others that companies participating in international trade are more competitive.

That level of trade deficit throttles real growth in our country and continues the unfortunate path of selling out America. We are not winning the global trade war, we are losing it badly.

Germany is very free-trade oriented.

Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.