It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

We are inheriting the worst financial system since the Depression. We're inheriting a situation - when people go back and study major banking crises a quarter century from now, the one that America developed in 2007 and 2008 is going to be one of those crises.

Contagion has become very much a phenomenon, and it's a phenomenon of globalization.

I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to it.

It's important to remember how fortunate we are as a country to have a currency and a bond market that is seen in every way as a source of strength and it's a huge responsibility for us to keep it that way.

Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.