Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes

This is a basic requirement the meaning of globalization is that we should admit that the economy of each country is dependent on the economy of all the others.

We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.

Globalization has produced a new of level of interdependence among us. The economy and multinational supply chains do not abide by political boundaries. A computer ordered in Brazil is designed in California and assembled in several other countries. Economic integration was the first strong evidence of a new era.

I think globalization is a great thing. And now a lot of people complain about globalization; a lot of people don't like, you know, the globalize of the concept, the idea of the results. I think the globalization is a great idea and to create a lot of jobs.

The regime of globalization promotes an unfettered marketplace as the dynamic instrument organizing international relations.

Globalization is a fact of economic life.

We are beginning to see the benefits of global consolidation.

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

During the boom years of the 1990s, globalization emerged as the most significant development in our national life. With NAFTA and the Internet and big-box stores selling cheap goods from China, the line between national and international began to blur.

Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.

Globalization is the process by which markets integrate worldwide.

Globalization must be controlled.

The political boundaries of nation-states are too narrow and constricted to define the scope and activities of modern business.

We’re not at the endpoint of globalization but somewhere near the starting line.

New Zealand obviously is fully integrated into the global economy.

Globalization can be a great opportunity.

A truly global economy, as opposed to the multinational economy of the recent past, will require concessions of national power ... that seemed impossible a few years ago and which even now we can but partly imagine.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

So the American economy needs the world, and the world needs the American economy.

The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity to adapt to them.

The increased global linkages promote economic growth in the world through two key mechanisms: the division of labor and the international spillovers of knowledge.

Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.

The globalization of the capital market is actually part of economic globalization. This will create a change in the entire world economy, not just restricted to some fields in some countries.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Because I come from a place like Jamaica, which is a small, open economy, I viscerally get the importance of the global economy.