Ken Hakuta Quotes

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

We represent companies from around the world who say, "I want to look at Japanese companies. I want to invest in Japan."

I do think there will be more Japanese companies expanding out of Japan, and there will be more cross-border flow from Japan.

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.

Over 600 Indian companies have opened their offices in U.K. and have secured the second highest number of jobs by a foreign employer in the U.K.

Africa needs access to markets.

At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then... we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian countries, both exports and imports are growing substantially.

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

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

I've been round Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and China in the last few months and the message that I've been taking is that New Zealand is building an up market dynamic into a connected economy. And that we are not the old-fashioned, ship mutton kind of product the people associate their export in work.

Europe is very critical to the United States in the sense not only do we have a fourth of our exports there, but more importantly, a significant proportion of the foreign affiliate profits in fact, half of U.S. corporations, are in Europe.

You should not expect to find a big U. S. market for your goods because Japan does not make the things Americans want.

The Japanese sit up all night thinking of ways to screw the Americans and the Europeans.

It's the nation that's at risk, not just Oklahoma or Pennsylvania. It's the whole country that's competing with Korea, Germany and Japan.

Market expansion is not an opportunity. It is a necessity.

We are a trading nation, and we are trading with Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland.

Mexico believes in free trade.

Globalization can be a great opportunity.

The world has changed. It's not enough to simply buy American; we have to sell American, sell our products and goods and services throughout this world.

America wins when we trade and export and import.

We want more of our products going overseas, but the trick is to have a level playing field.

I know the value and significance of trading opportunities and have seen myself from Americas to the Far East the power of trade and open markets.

We all have to think about the emerging markets.