Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government. William M. Daley Read Quote
There is no path to middle-class prosperity without tearing down barriers to American exports. William M. Daley Read Quote
If we don’t set the rules for commerce in the Asia-Pacific region, China will. William M. Daley Read Quote
The mistake we made in the 1990s was overestimating the potential of NAFTA’s positive impact. William M. Daley Read Quote
As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders. William M. Daley Read Quote
When a state offers your company an attractive package of incentives to relocate, you have to look at it, and if it significantly boosts your bottom line, you have to take it or answer to your investors. William M. Daley Read Quote
Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack – that is, a common-sense view of the times. William M. Daley Read Quote
Most Republicans and the business community extol the virtues of trade, depicting it as an engine of economic progress, while most Democrats and unions attack the exportation of American jobs, claiming that trade agreements are destroying our economy. William M. Daley Read Quote
I know something about trade agreements. I was proud to help President Clinton pass the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 and create what is still the world’s largest free-trade area, linking 426 million people and more than $12 trillion of goods and services. William M. Daley Read Quote
As commerce secretary, I led the Clinton administration’s effort to ensure China’s entry into the World Trade Organization and the permanent normalization of trade between the U.S. and China – steps that produced a 76 percent increase in U.S. exports to China in just three years. William M. Daley Read Quote
