“As for the President-elect [Donald Trump], he has his own views on things, and this is also fairly natural.” Quote by Vladimir Putin
“I must admit that we have yet to understand how [Donald Trump] will develop his idea, his pledge to make America great again, but I hope this will not hinder the development of our cooperation.” IdeasAmericaDevelopmentTrumpCooperationPledgeHinder Author:Vladimir Putin
“As for meetings, I think the President-elect [Donald Trump] should be given an opportunity to first form his administration and assume office. Meetings will come next.” ThinkingShouldFirstsFormNextOpportunityGivenPresidentTrumpOfficeAssumingMeetingsAdministration Author:Vladimir Putin
“We are ready to meet [with Donald Trump] at any time, this is no problem for us, but I believe we should be patient and wait for the complicated process of forming the new administration to be complete.” ShouldBelieveProblemI BelieveWaitingProcessReadyTrumpPatientComplicatedAdministrationNo ProblemBe Patient Author:Vladimir Putin
“This is not only a matter of relations between Russia and the United States. In my view, any restrictions in the economic sphere that are dictated by considerations of political expediency are extremely harmful for the world economy as a whole. This destroys unity and the rules of the game.” WorldMatterStatesWholePoliticalGamesUnitedViewsUnited StatesEconomyEconomicRelationUnityRussiaConsiderationSpheresRestrictionExpediencyWorld EconomyRules Of The Game Author:Vladimir Putin
“We spoke about economic sanctions only recently in Lima, within the framework of APEC. Almost all the leaders represented at APEC (the Asia Pacific region), Pacific countries, spoke about the same thing, namely, that we are going through a very acute crisis in world trade, international trade, related, among other things, to restrictions on the markets of certain countries.” WorldCountryCertainLeaderEconomicCrisisTradeInternationalRelatedRegionsSpokesAsiaFrameworkRestrictionSanctionsPacificWorld TradeInternational TradeEconomic Sanctions Author:Vladimir Putin
“However, crisis in world trade is, among other things, the result of using political tools in competition or simply for achieving political objectives with the help of economic restrictions.” WorldHelpingPoliticalResultsEconomicAchieveToolsCrisisTradeCompetitionObjectivesRestrictionWorld Trade Author:Vladimir Putin
“[Economic restrictions] is one of the elements that is destabilising the world economic order that was at one time created largely by the United States itself at the dawn of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade that was later transformed into the World Trade Organisation.” WorldStatesOrderUnitedUnited StatesEconomicElementsTradeDawnAgreementOne TimeTransformedRestrictionOrganisationWorld TradeTariffsEconomic Order Author:Vladimir Putin
“Take the creation of the Pacific partnership or the creation of the Atlantic partnership. We are somewhat concerned because this is being done bypassing the World Trade Organisation, since it has proved impossible to reach compromise solutions with developing economies within the framework of that organisation. Is that good? Not really, in my opinion.” WorldDoneOpinionEconomyImpossibleCreationSolutionsConcernedTradeCompromiseDevelopingPartnershipFrameworkOrganisationPacificBeing DoneWorld Trade Author:Vladimir Putin
“If the world economy is divided into isolated economic blocs of this kind, it will be rather difficult to achieve the same interpretation and application of international rules of economic activity and world trade.” IfsWorldKindDifficultEconomyEconomicAchieveActivityTradeInternationalInterpretationDividedApplicationIsolatedWorld TradeWorld Economy Author:Vladimir Putin
“If regional associations are created, they should work on the basis of WTO norms, on the WTO basis.” IfsShouldBasesAssociationNorm Author:Vladimir Putin