Liz Truss Quotes

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

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.

But I think we need the international market.

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.

Wealthy nations cannot grow richer unless they have customers beyond their border.

We want a foreign market for our surplus products.

Without international economics getting done, foreign policy doesn’t get done.

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.

Increased trade is crucial to a balanced plan for stimulating growth and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic.

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

America wins when we trade and export and import.

The E.U., China, and Japan all talk free trade, and they all practice protectionism.

People tend to think about trade as if it's competition between companies - if Apple wins, Google loses. But that's false. Trade makes nations better off in general. Now, I want to be clear. I'm not saying that everything about trade is good and beneficial. Trade also has costs.

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

Our business thrives on free and open global trade.

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.

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

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

All those trucks and barges that carry our goods to port are vital connections to the only force which can balance our trade deficit: export. We must keep doing what we do best if we are going to get America out of the red.

I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar.

The benefits from a world currency would be enormous.

Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.

As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.

The rest of the world needs the US economy and financial system to recover in order for it to revive. We remain at the center of global economic activity with financial and trade ties to every region of the globe.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.