Kevin Hassett

Liberalized trade - in broadly multilateral, regional, or bilateral agreements - is a key ingredient in the recipe for prosperity... An absolute prerequisite for long-term economic growth is full participation in the global economy and trading system.

American Economist

Naoto Kan

In Japan, the average age of agricultural workers is 65.8. When the aging of its population is accelerating so rapidly, it will be very difficult to sustain the sector whether we liberalize trade or not.

Japanese Politician

Jamal Khashoggi

Many Saudi clerics believe that letting women drive means they will be free to leave the house whenever they like - something that will have a liberalizing and, therefore, unwanted effect on society.

Saudi Arabian Author

Henry Paulson

An open, competitive, and liberalized financial market can effectively allocate scarce resources in a manner that promotes stability and prosperity far better than governmental intervention.

American Public Servant

Anthony Scaramucci

Beijing is trying to split the baby between simultaneously liberalizing the economy and maintaining economic stability, but those two factors are increasingly mutually exclusive.

American Businessman

Barry Gardiner

Most trade agreements arise from a desire to liberalise trade - making it easier to sell goods and services into one another's markets. Brexit will not.

British Politician

Zanny Minton Beddoes

Many European countries and Japan need to free their labour markets and liberalise services to boost productivity growth.

British Journalist

Nirmala Sitharaman

Post globalisation, the debate has been, 'How much more are we going to liberalise?

Indian Politician

Yuval Noah Harari

Those who refuse to liberalise and globalise are doomed to failure.

Israeli Historian

Tony Fernandes

Airlines are one of the last things to be liberalized.

Malaysian Businessman

Used when rules or standards are made more flexible and less restrictive.

Less strict

Indicates that rules or policies are being updated to be inclusive and progressive.

Open-minded policies

Often used in finance and trade, meaning to reduce control over markets or businesses.

Economic context

Used when a country reduces restrictions on importing and exporting goods.

Trade and tariffs

Refers to accepting new ideas, often about human rights or equality.

Social progress

Shows willingness to adapt to new circumstances or ideas.

Adaptation to change

 and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories. And for the last few decades, we had a very simple and very attractive story about what's happening in the world. And the story said that, oh, what's happening is that the economy is being globalized, politics is being liberalized,