We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.


Statement made at World Economic Forum — reported in Muihoong (February 1, 2000) "China trade vote a key test, says Summers", The Straits Times, p. 9.

Lawrence Summers Quotes

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts ...

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts ...

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts ...

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts ...