David Mamet Quotes

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade of each becomes more valuable to the other.

International economic cooperation has delivered benefits to the United States and other countries that would have been impossible to attain otherwise.

But I think we need the international market.

If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one of them sinks, the rest are going to sink with them and if one floats, the rest are lifted up. I find that very interesting.

Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.

Our system will prevail but it must be tested by talk and trade.

Commercial interests survive longer than strategic interests. When countries do business together, they stay together.

We have at last awakened to the realization that foreign and domestic trade are not in separate water-tight compartments--that they flow through the same pipes and seek a common level. We cannot live by ourselves, shut off from the balance of the world, without working harm to our economic system that would require many years for repair.

Economic cooperation makes the American people and others around the world more prosperous and secure.

We should be doing more business with China. We should be better connected to the Chinese economy.

We have to work towards free trade because otherwise we will miss out on many opportunities for cooperation, and relations amongst countries will become much more difficult.

I have learned some core lessons along the way. Among the most important, I have become a firm believer that a strong geopolitical relationship can be born out of a strong economic relationship, which often begins with trade.

All our wealth and all our export power has also come by the fact that other nations were willing to see us. This is very important.

With all the globalisation that has taken place, countries are a lot more interdependent and therefore 'coupled.'

We spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.

We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest. Just because we are a large country, we cannot be arrogant and think that we can ignore others. We live in a different era. Terrorism is global and can come from even remote countries. International summits and organizations like WTO take decisions which will bind us and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

We will pursue a relationship of friendship and co-operation with the United States, always rooted in mutual respect and in the defence of our fellow Mexicans who live and work honourably in that country.

I'm all for greater co-operation between Europe and America because I think that sometimes we've missed out on the benefits that transatlantic trade could give both continents, and I've been pressing this since 1997.

There is always competition for influence, but there are also opportunities for cooperation.

Solidarity and competitiveness are the two sides of a European coin.

I think we've been able to establish good relationships with people on President Trump's team, and that gives us an opportunity to do better than what most people expect in terms of the relationship. And we are working towards that on many fronts, particularly on trade.

I do believe that the international community cannot act based on a rivalries or things of that sort.

I believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.

The majority of decisions in Europe are done by unanimity. That's why it is important to be to have good relations with all parts.