Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.
Christine LagardeIt so happens that because all the economies are strongly inter-connected and aggregated, there is trade that is happening not just from China to the rest of the world, but from the rest of the world to China as well, and that is going to continue.
Christine LagardeI'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.
Christine LagardeThere are goods that are outside trade and in the public domain and that should be reserved and protected.
Christine Lagarde