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

It 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.

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

I think I have a male side about me and you have a female side about you. It's a question of repressing or not.

Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.

Consumption has massively benefited from globalization.

Countries like Canada, Korea, China, Germany can and should use fiscal space. Some of them are doing it, not all.