Shahid Khan Quotes

I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world's largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services.

The North American Free Trade Agreement marked a fundamental change in the global trade scheme.

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

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

I opposed NAFTA in 1993 and '94.

Only Barack Obama consistently opposed NAFTA.

NAFTA will continue to regulate the relationship between Mexico and Canada.

How can we have 'freer' free trade? Let's get real, for God's sake.

NAFTA has been a great success for the three countries involved.

A scenario without NAFTA is something we have to think about.

If the two largest economies in the world don't show us a good example on trade liberalization, then you can't expect the smaller and weaker economies to take the risks. The initiative, the momentum and the drive really do have to come from Japan and the U.S.

We cannot talk about trade without talking about China.

NAFTA, by itself, will not collapse. The possibility is that the United States leaves the treaty, but the treaty itself would keep regulating relations between Canada and Mexico.

I think because we're such a trading nation, I think Canadians understand that first and foremost we're part of the global economy.

I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader.

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

If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.

NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty.

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.

China has concluded that trade trumps all.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

We are particularly poor at the open economy issues.

A key U.S. initiative in this trade war must be to develop reliable trading partners in the world.

The establishment of free trade agreements can be a critical and progressive step towards greater economic integration, and continues to become more valuable in an increasingly global world.

These agreements should be free trade. They aren’t free trade.