“We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust, surpassing pre-crisis export levels and pre-crisis export growth trends. We have diversified our export baskets and our export destinations.” WorldYearsHas BeensGrowthLevelsDevelopmentPerformancesIndiaCrisisTradeCurrentsDestinationTrendsRecogniseBasketsRobustSurpassing Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“Other powers will continue to enjoy an equal right to trade in and develop the natural resources of the occupied territory, for the economic development of which the investment of foreign capital is very desirable.” EnjoyNaturalEconomicDevelopmentEqualResourcesTradeInvestmentTerritoryDesirableNatural ResourcesEconomic Development Author:Koki Hirota
“Gujarat is all about Trade with Tradition, Commerce with Culture, Enterprise with Entertainment and Development with Disaster management.” CultureDevelopmentTraditionIndiaManagementTradeEntertainmentDisasterEnterpriseCommerceGovernanceGujarat Author:Narendra Modi
“The majority of America's colossal fortunes have been made by entering industries in their early stages and developing leadership in them.... Think of what opportunities the present and the future contain in such fields as ship-building and ship-owning, aircraft, electrical development, the oil industry, different branches of the automotive industry, foreign trade, international banking, invention, the chemical industry, moving pictures, color photography, and, one night add, labor leadership.” ThinkingHas BeensMadeDifferentAmericaMovingNightOpportunityStageFieldsBuildingColorDevelopmentIndustryPhotographyLaborTradeMajorityAddFortuneInternationalOilInventionShipsDevelopingBranchesChemicalsEnteringBankingOne NightElectricalAircraftColossalOil IndustryColor PhotographyForeign Trade Author:B. C. Forbes
“World trade depends on differences among countries, not similarities. Different countries are in different stages of development. It is appropriate for them to have different patterns, different policies for ecology, labor standards, and so forth.” WorldDifferentCountryDifferencesStagePolicyDependsDevelopmentStandardsLaborTradePatternsAppropriateEcologySimilarityWorld TradeDifferent CountriesStages Of Development Author:Milton Friedman
“I'm thinking about some developments say in the 80s when the anti-apartheid movement began to claim more support and strength within the US. Black trade unionists played a really important role in developing this US anti-apartheid movement.” ThinkingImportantBlackRolesSupportMovementDevelopmentClaimsTradeDeveloping80sApartheidStrength Within Author:Angela Davis
“A state in India will have more traders than perhaps a European nation. Trade is a great way to integrate people.” PeopleWayStatesNationsDevelopmentIndiaTradeIntegratingTraders Author:Narendra Modi
“Free trade has been proven, time and again, as a reliable path to economic development. It pushes the public and private sectors alike toward greater accountability and transparency. It lifts people out of poverty, and while it can force unsettling changes on a society, those changes prove to be worthwhile in a very short time.” PeopleHas BeensForcePovertyPathGreaterEconomicDevelopmentProveTradeLiftsAccountabilityWorthwhileProvenTransparencyPrivate SectorShort TimeFree TradeEconomic Development Author:Jonah Goldberg
“In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development.” TodayDevelopmentTradeInvestmentAidsRecognisePillars Author:Paul Kagame
“We Canadians need to go beyond what any previous government has done in terms of our diplomatic network, our support for companies to export, trade and invest beyond North America, and our contribution to the safety of the international system, through defence, development, international organizations, and so forth.” NeedsDoneGovernmentAmericaTermCompanySupportDevelopmentOrganizationSafetyTradeInternationalContributionDefenceDiplomaticNorth America Author:Chris Alexander
“In trading with each other cities can't be in too different stages of development, and they can't copy one another. Backward cities, or younger cities, or newly forming cities in supply regions, have to develop to a great extent on one another's shoulders. This is one of the terrible things about empires. Empires want them only to trade with the empire, which doesn't help them at all. It's just a way of exploiting them.” WayWantDifferentHelpingCitiesStageDevelopmentTerribleTradeShouldersEmpiresRegionsCopiesTradingTerrible ThingsStages Of Development Author:Jane Jacobs
“The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.” RecordsEconomicDevelopmentTradeGovernancePromotingImpressiveEconomic DevelopmentGood Governance Author:Anna Lindh
“This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many.” IfsHas BeensMomentsAbleGrowthWealthShareDevelopmentBenefitsTradeHuman RightsFavorsGlobalizationCornerstones Author:Barack Obama