W. Edwards Deming Quotes

Of what do we complain? A total incapacity, produced by the foreign policy, to purchase, at any price, necessary foreign objects of consumption.

Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods.

Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.

The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.

It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines.

I deal with foreign countries. I made a lot of money dealing against China. I've made a lot of money dealing against many other countries.

China has legally purchased high performance computers, advanced machine tools, and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment from several American companies.

Our competition for American business is no longer in the next county or the next state, it's around the world.

The European conflict shall not be continued by economic war after the military operations have ceased. British policy shall be directed toward promoting free commercial intercourse between all nations …

We're part of a global economy whether we like it or not.

The popular notion is that imports are bad and exports are good.

Mexican exports worldwide benefit the U.S. economy because of their high percentage of U. S. content.

The United States is a nation located in the global economy, and we get enormous, enormous benefits from dealing with foreigners.

It is not good to cut exports or imports.

The U.S. tends to export high-tech goods because we have strong comparative advantage there, and we tend to import labor-intensive and less skill-intensive goods that other countries can do more cheaply.

The biggest losers from international trade are always those whose skills have a cheaper competitor in a different market.

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

The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA's positive impact.

Trade is an integral part of our foreign policy.

I know Fiat plans to start manufacturing cars in Iran. This is wrong.

I opposed NAFTA in 1993 and '94.

Trade means jobs, but trade also means security. The time has come for all of us to urge the swift adoption of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

I would like to believe that TPP will lead to more exports and jobs for the American people. But history shows that big trade agreements - from NAFTA to the Korea Free Trade Agreement - have resulted in fewer American jobs, lower wages, and a bigger trade deficit.

America wins when we trade and export and import.

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