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My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

If our economies are to flourish, if global poverty is to be banished, and if the wellbeing of the world's people enhanced - not just in this generation but in succeeding generations - we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.

The basic idea was that if a country would put its economy as an integrated piece of the world system, that it would benefit from that with economic growth. I concur with that basic view.

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.

The human world lives in a framework called global economics. We live in a system based on GDP, which drives consumption. it causes people to compete with each other through trade in a way that they all grow.

As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together.

As much as we need a prosperous economy, we also need a prosperity of kindness and decency.

It's good for America when the rest of the world grows, because you can sell more to the rest of the world.

We have benefited greatly from the globalization of the economy in the last 30 years.

It is very important for people to understand that the United States of America and no country around the world can devalue its way to prosperity, to be competitive. It is not a viable, feasible strategy, and we will not engage in it.