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

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

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence.

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow.

A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence.

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.