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But don't be naïve, there is probably a new shape of the world and of trade systems for tomorrow, so we have to be ready to change, but first of all we have to be united,
Now, I, of course, take comfort in the fact that Donald Trump wants the United States to remain and retain the position of a superpower and for that, you need allies, and I think those allies come from Europe,
Our Polish relations with the U.S. are very, very good and, as you said, we are buying lots of U.S. military equipment, tanks, fighter jets. Actually, you name it, we buy it,
In foreign policy, you always have to react to a certain situation, especially when you come from a small state, and you realize that you work with whoever is the president of the biggest superpower in the world,
Stubb told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick at WEF on Wednesday We know how to do it, and we will do it step by step,
Domanski told CNBC at the WEF's annual meeting But, as a European Union, of course we must and we will remain united in our relations with the U.S.,
Europe is a very powerful continent in terms of industry, in terms of savings, in terms of purchase power, in terms of the single market. So, what we need now is to create more unity and to defend our values as well,
We have to stick together, this is very important,
Saint-Martin told CNBC's Dan Murphy at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday So, if I may simplify a little bit, though it is 'America First,' perhaps it should be Europe second, which is quite fine,
KEVIN O’LEARY isn’t authorized to speak on behalf of Canadians, and I frankly don’t believe he is speaking on behalf of Canadians [with] what he’s saying. If he was negotiating on our side, I think that would be totally fine. But he’s not, he’s negotiating against us so I don’t think it’s a helpful solution right now.”
Entrepreneur ARLENE DICKINSON A 25 percent tariff, it doesn’t make sense — it doesn’t jive. And I think it speaks to a dilemma of the Trump administration, of either pursuing a growth agenda or the tariff agenda. And the tariff agenda is [to] the contrary of economic growth.”
Former Quebec Premier JEAN CHAREST What we don’t do is panic. What we do is lean on the lessons that we learned in [Trump] 1.0. … What we don’t do is always react when he has a little bit of press availability
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President FLAVIO VOLPE I know he’s the right person to bring us into the next phase of supporting Canadians, build a strong economy and fight climate change,
It would be extremely damaging to our economy,
Goldy Hyder of the Business Council said of a sustained dollar-for-dollar tariff war President Trump's Inauguration Day policy announcements on tariffs were more benign than expected,
said Alec Phillips, chief U.S. political economist at Goldman Sachs, in a note to clients Pursuing protectionism is just like locking one's self in a dark room. Wind and rain might be kept outside but so are light and air."
Ding referenced Chinese president Xi Jinping's 2017 speech This is likely aimed at jurisdictions where corporations have housed a lot of their intellectual property like Ireland, and it also likely gets at what the EU is doing on trying to extract more revenues from U.S. tech companies,
Everett Eissenstat, a partner at the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs, told the Financial Times This isn’t a long process to set the stage,
It has nothing to do with that,
he said when asked directly about the claim by a reporter I think you could call it the blueprint and the foundation for the tariffs and trade policies that may or may not emerge over the next 100 days,
Navarro said of the president’s order
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