European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

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

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.

The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined.

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.

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