Barry Gardiner Quotes

I think that U.K. together with Europe will be stronger, and I also think Europe with U.K. will be stronger.

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

As an American, you appreciate the importance of our security alliance, the importance of the economic ties between our two countries, and while I knew of the two bonds between our two people, until I came here, I didn't really appreciate how deep the people-to-people connections are between the American people and the Japanese people.

China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.

The U.S. has been a great friend all these years, but as soon as Africa found itself starting to move up, the U.S. is really disengaging.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

Our ability to effectively engage China and the Arab world rests on shared economic and political interests and mutual understanding.

Commerce is a teacher and a pacificator. It gives mankind knowledge one of another. Reciprocity of trade promotes reciprocity of friendship. Good trade insures good will. … and wherever we secure just and fair commercial relations with other nations, we are sure to have with them friendly political relations.

This concord should be as profound as our empires are great, for we know that no other state will ever appear to rival our empires.

Rebuilding our relationship with Cuba would be a win for American business and a win for the Cuban people.

Neither India nor Russia perceives a threat from the strength of the other. Each sees a benefit for itself in the increased political and economic strength of the other.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.

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.

Harmonious relations with a superpower like America should be a priority, but it does not mean that one should start begging from it.

The U.K. is much stronger as a part of Europe, and Europe is much stronger with the U.K. as a driving force.

I don't want any country buying up Brazil, but we will do business with all countries, and China is an exceptional partner.

The United States is a very important country to us in the international context. But on other hand, Angola is also important to the United States because of its location in the Gulf of Guinea and because Angola has many more natural resources to export.

I can't come back home with an agreement that will not be a win-win-win situation for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

We will do business with the Chinese - but we will not hand our territory over to anybody!

With all those fledgling countries in Asia, who really want to stand with us but they live under the shadow of China and the smaller shadow of Russia. So I just think Trans-Pacific Partnership is really important both economically and geopolitically.

When the Taiwan Relations Act passed in 1979, our biggest concern was preventing the use of military force against Taiwan. Little did we know that our friends on Taiwan could so effectively use the space created by our friendship to revolutionize their political system.

We were able to sign free trade agreement with Europe at a time when people tend to be closing off.

Trade accords had been a staple of the post-World War II world, providing a mechanism for economic growth, development, and association with friends and allies, and a means of reining in would-be adversaries who otherwise would have little incentive to act with restraint.

We need more and more engagement with China rather than isolating it more and more.