Alan Mulally Quotes

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

Nowadays, however strong an economy is, not all roads will lead only there. There will be other links between countries in Asia, with America, with Europe, and China will fit into this global network.

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.

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

If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one of them sinks, the rest are going to sink with them and if one floats, the rest are lifted up. I find that very interesting.

We're part of a global economy whether we like it or not.

Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It’s all about business.

International economic cooperation has delivered benefits to the United States and other countries that would have been impossible to attain otherwise.

Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.

The age of economic relations as the primary arena for interactions between states is already upon us.

Specifically, the U.S. holds strength. Its own context makes it a very competitive country, but I believe that if we recognize how interdependent the U.S. with its neighbors from the North and the South, we are part of NAFTA, a trade agreement.

If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.

The increase of riches and commerce and commerce in any one nation, instead of hurting, commonly promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbors.

National security must include international economics as it became clear that the U. S. economy was powerfully affective by economic policies in dozens of other countries.

Commercial interests survive longer than strategic interests. When countries do business together, they stay together.

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade of each becomes more valuable to the other.

We have at last awakened to the realization that foreign and domestic trade are not in separate water-tight compartments--that they flow through the same pipes and seek a common level. We cannot live by ourselves, shut off from the balance of the world, without working harm to our economic system that would require many years for repair.

Economic cooperation makes the American people and others around the world more prosperous and secure.

Nations with a common currency never went to war against each other. A common currency is more than the money you pay with.

New Zealand obviously is fully integrated into the global economy.

Trade and investment have come to be the foundation, the ballast, of the U.S.-China relationship, providing great stability.

We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.

How can we have 'freer' free trade? Let's get real, for God's sake.

We understand that America's prosperity is bound up with the prosperity of other nations, including emerging market nations.

We cannot talk about trade without talking about China.