George Papandreou Quotes

Both France and Britain are supportive of India's bid for a broad-based agreement on trade and investment with the European Union.

We were talking about really getting Europe on its feet. It was our hope that there would be a breakdown of trade barriers in Europe first, and then eventually a breakdown internationally, which would help increase trade with Europe.

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

Integration is the most important asset Europe has, and the key component to European integration is the euro.

The creation of a United States of Europe is a necessity if one considers the economic and technical situation.

There is a need for greater multilateral cooperation to resolve trade conflicts, to address climate change and risks from cybersecurity, and to improve the effectiveness of international taxation.

A new forum is needed that reflects the realities of today's globalised world and the rising importance of emerging markets.

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

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

What we have seen in financial markets should bring home to us all that the central organising principle of this 21st century is interdependence. For the century just past, interdependence may have been one option among many. For the century that is to come, there is no longer an alternative.

We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN.

Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.

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.

Canada has always been a strong supporter of China's accession to the WTO... We look forward to playing a constructive role in helping complete China's accession.

One of the fundamental questions of today's world is undoubtedly the question of equitable globalisation.

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

Regional exchange can be a source of growth and development, and of enhancing good governance.

It is in my heart that I believe most strongly that our future is within a reformed E.U. - not least because we now live in a global marketplace.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

The only way in which a European union, embracing Britain but excluding eastern Europe, could become economically healthy would be develop the closest sort of trading relationships either with this hemisphere or with Africa.

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 believe that we will benefit more by globalisation.

We need to convert the extraordinary goodwill between India and Russia into a thriving, visible, vigorous, and mutually beneficial economic relationship.

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

Whoever thinks... that the European economy can be competitive without economic cooperation with Russia, whoever thinks that energy security can exist in Europe without the energy that comes from Russia, is chasing ghosts.