Paul Wolfowitz Trade Quotations

Trade barriers to the developing countries, particularly in the area of agriculture, are really shocking,

Unless serious concessions are made by all sides ... the Doha round of trade talks will fail and the people who will suffer the most are the world's poor.

A trade agreement in Hong Kong would provide the spur for investment and economic growth that promises a lasting exit from poverty for millions, even billions, of people in developing countries.

calls for dismantling trade barriers and ending agriculture subsidies that hurt small farmers and the private sector.

High tariffs keep them out of key markets, and tariffs and subsidies together drive down the world price of their exports. Without the income that trade could provide, it is their children who go hungry and who are deprived of clean water, medicines and other basic necessities of life.

The current trading system is one of the biggest obstacles to fighting poverty and improving living standards in developing countries. Trade barriers need to be dismantled.