The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow.

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China.

It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs.