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Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do.

I do not want to put U.S. companies in a position where their competitors are behaving in a way that is inconsistent with the way they are required to behave. That is neither fair, nor will it solve the problem.

If you have a company that doesn't sell its goods or services abroad and focuses only on the domestic market, it will keep paying a price.

Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition... and does not harm consumers and innovation.

While other countries have been securing large export deals, American companies have been placed at a competitive disadvantage - forced to compete globally with one hand tied behind their back.

I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.

A better way to help American companies compete against competitors abroad is to remove all series and myriad of obstacles they face in America, whether it's union rules in some states or massive amounts of regulation imposed upon them, one of the most expensive combined corporate tax rates on the planet.

Increasingly, corporate nationality is whatever a corporation decides it is.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

Chinese... companies do not have to think about whether they do something to enhance their competitive edge in international markets.