[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.

Agribusiness and food processing are important parts of modernizing our economy, of modernizing our agriculture and moving into a phase where a more modernized agriculture helps not only farmers but also helps consumers.

My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.

If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.