Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal Quotes

I think NAFTA has been extremely beneficial to the United States, in many ways, but there's no question after 23 years it needs to be updated, to say the least.

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

We should reconsider greater integration of North America to achieve a region that is more competitive and capable of creating more jobs.

NAFTA is an ancient treaty.

My grandfather was the architect behind NAFTA, and that has created so much economic opportunity, not only in our country, but in Latin America.

There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.

We recognize that NAFTA is a three-country agreement, and we need a three-country negotiation.

We're absolutely open to making NAFTA better.

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

Since its enforcement, NAFTA has been more than a trade agreement. It has made us think of ourselves as a region.

I urge Congress to quickly take up and pass trade promotion authority so we can conclude a TPP agreement. Our position in the world depends on it.

A UK-Australia trade deal won't just be a good thing, it'll be a great thing, for our businesses, for our consumers, for our workers and for our two great countries.

There is no question that the benefits of a permanent, robust trading partnership between the U.S. and the E.U. are a rare example of a win-win for both parties.

I was a big supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. I worked very closely with President Obama on that.

I'm an optimist about NAFTA merely being updated.

We've advanced in the construction of a true free-trade area across South America... What's needed now is less rhetoric and more action.

You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.

NAFTA has dramatically improved our economy and that of our neighbors as well.

We always saw TPP as something that we want to be part of. In the beginning, we were not part of TPP, neither Canada or Mexico. So when we finally joined the negotiations, to us it was an opportunity.

I think TPP, as we knew it, is gone.

There are lots of things where NAFTA can be updated and upgraded.

If what is on the table is something that is not good for Mexico, Mexico will step away from NAFTA.

I believe if we and the Mexicans make a very sensible trade agreement, the Mexican peso will recover quite a lot.

We need to remind ourselves that Europe will be our biggest trading partner for the next several decades and probably beyond, so getting the deal with Europe right should be our primary focus.

A free trade agreement can be a win-win for E.U. and India.