Charles Boustany Quotes

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

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.

America wins when we trade and export and import.

Bilateral trade deficits are not evil; historically, better growth in the U.S. economy has led to larger trade deficits.

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.

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.

We want a foreign market for our surplus products.

In the long run, trade works for America.

America's trade policy has an enormous impact on the economic well-being of the American people and the strategic interests of the United States.

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

But, we have had the debate in our country now for a number of years as to whether or not free trade agreements are good for economic growth and economic opportunity in creating jobs and lifting people out of poverty.

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

And one of our points of continuing conversation with our trading partners is the urgency of their taking steps to remove barriers to their improved growth performance.

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

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.

The German export successes are not the result of some sort of currency manipulation, but of the increased competitiveness of companies. The American growth model, on the other hand, is in a deep crisis.

I was quite ready to accept certain restrictions on the United States. After all, there was a great dollar shortage. It was quite clear that the more prosperous Europe became, the more business there would be in the United States.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

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

The popular notion is that imports are bad and exports are good.

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

The key to our economic prosperity depends on increasing our contacts with Asian traders.

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

I believe that trade is essential for economic growth and development around the world, but I also believe that trade is imperfect.