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I do believe in the free market.

I strongly believe in a free market, and it is great when companies make money and pay their people well.

It is important to exhaust the potential of existing markets. But it is equally important to open up new markets.

Open markets offer the only realistic hope of pulling billions of people in developing countries out of abject poverty, while sustaining prosperity in the industrialized world.

I think the understanding of the role of markets has really helped advance the values of entrepreneurship. It's helped shape public policy discussions in a whole variety of ways.

I support the view that free trade in goods and services is a win-win situation. I'm not so convinced that free flows of capital without restriction is a win-win situation.

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.

We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.

In order to work well, markets need a basic level of trust.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.