“I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.” WantWholeEasierEuropeCurrencyTrading Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.” WorldWellsWarStatesRealityTodayPoliticsWishCommunityChallengesLeadershipUnitedMoneyMoralClassHistoryUnited StatesDemocracyGenerationsMiddleMissingPolicyColdPoliticianEthicsEuropeTradeStrategyHuman RightsChinaComplicatedNostalgiaPartnersRussiaIdeologyTiesMiddle ClassOver ItElitesForeign PolicyDominantCold WarTradingDiplomacyFoeFree MarketRivalsCivilityMessyPutinOld DaysStarksToday's WorldLoomingGeopoliticalSurlySpoilersTrading Partners Author:Fareed Zakaria
“We value our relations with Europe, which we have jointly developed over the past decades, and Europe remains our main trading partner. It is my hope that we will normalise these relations in the near future” PastValuesEuropeRelationRemainsDecadesPartnersTradingOver The PastTrading Partners Author:Dmitry Medvedev
“We want in the UK to have a good trading relationship with the EU. I think that's in our interests, I think that's in their interests as well. I want to continue to be cooperating on criminal justice, on security and defense, with the EU, I think that's important for the safety of Europe.” ThinkingWantWellsImportantInterestJusticeSecurityEuropeSafetyDefenseCriminalsTradingCriminal JusticeCooperating Author:Theresa May
“The Middle East would always be an important trading partner in just a market sense, like America is a big market for us, Asia is a big market, Europe is a big market. You are going to have hundreds of millions of consumers there, from just a standard market point of view, from a very narrow American point of view.” ImportantBigsAmericaViewsMillionsMiddleStandardsEuropePoint Of ViewEastPartnersConsumersMiddle EastAsiaTradingTrading Partners Author:Thomas Friedman
“At the moment we are hard-wired into the European markets - 50% of our exports go to Europe - and that has not been good for the UK. So I'm not saying "make Britain entirely dependent on China". I'm saying "let's diversify a bit". When I became chancellor, China was our ninth largest trading partner. This is the world's second biggest economy. China was doing more business with Belgium than it was with Britain.” WorldHardMomentsBitsEconomyEuropeChinaPartnersBritainDependentTradingBelgiumTrading Partners Author:George Osborne
“I think we woefully failed to connect Britain to the growing Chinese economy in the previous decade, and I have sought to remedy that. China is now the sixth biggest trading partner with the UK. We have attracted now the lion's share of Chinese investment that is going into Europe.” ThinkingEconomyGrowingShareEuropeInvestmentChinaDecadesPartnersChineseBritainLionsRemedyTradingTrading Partners Author:George Osborne
“I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader.” LittlesHateEuropeArgumentI HateFantasticBritainTradingTradersLittle Britain Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age.” PeopleIfsWorldBigsAgeAmericaSecurityGoes OnEuropeConcernImpactAgingPartnersEnormousAround The WorldBirthdayThis DayTrading50th BirthdayTrading Partners Author:Michael Bloomberg