When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

The difficulty that negotiators have is often based on the cultural difference that various countries have.

Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.

Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.

Think about it. Women control 70 percent of global consumer spending . . . when women do better, economies do better.

There are goods that are outside trade and in the public domain and that should be reserved and protected.

You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a lot of their ego, I sometimes think to myself, 'Come on, you know, there's life and there's death and there is love.' And all of that ego business is nonsense compared to that.