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

But I believe in fair trade, and I will tell you, I have many, many friends heading up corporations, and people that do just business in China, they say it's virtually impossible. It's very, very hard to come into China. And yet, we welcome them with open arms.

If you are only big in China, you are only a local Chinese company.

Businesses are not just local or even national anymore - good ideas are immediately global. So the market opportunities are much larger than we've ever imagined or seen.

The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition.

I see the level of sophistication and knowledge about business growing dramatically. Several decades ago, only a few companies thought about international business.

Although I don't like the way the Chinese do business, I continue to do business in China. I have to. They're the next world power.

I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.

The business of America is business.

No company fails in communist China, because they're all partly owned by the government.