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It's important to focus on how we can strengthen international trade.

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

Where opportunities to expand trade and commerce exist, we will lead, and we will partner.

Trade means jobs, but trade also means security. The time has come for all of us to urge the swift adoption of the Trans Pacific Partnership.

Third, we will make trade work for America by forging new trade agreements. And when nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences.

By perfecting this legislative machinery and by participating in the various international agreements we intend to contribute to the wholesome development of world trade.

If we want an international trade deal that advances the interests of our own people, then perhaps we don't need a 'fast-track' but a regular track: where the president sends us any proposal he deems worthy, and we review it on its own merits.

One of the roles of a U.S. ambassador - anywhere in the world - is to promote bilateral trade and investment.

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.