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In my job, as head of the International Trade Centre, I have the privilege to meet entrepreneurs from across the world almost on a daily basis. Arancha Gonzalez

Daily World Job Meet Entrepreneurs Head Almost Trade Privilege Centre Across International International Trade Daily Basis Basis

Sometimes all it takes to connect entrepreneurs to overseas buyers is to get them into the same room. Arancha Gonzalez

Sometimes Entrepreneurs Takes Overseas Get Same Room Them Connect Buyers

The populists are right in one key area: voters want jobs and equitable growth, and can hardly be faulted for that. The challenge is to find a more inclusive growth trajectory that can be sustained economically, ecologically, and politically. Arancha Gonzalez

Key Challenge Inclusive Jobs Find More Area Economically Voters Equitable Trajectory Politically Want Sustained Growth Right Hardly

Some of the anti-trade sentiment is the result of rising wealth inequality and stagnating real wages. Arancha Gonzalez

Wealth Result Sentiment Some Rising Inequality Real Wages

Predictably, open markets made it possible for countries to drive rapid growth by hitching their wagon to the world economy and using global demand to pull people and resources out of subsistence activities into more productive work. Arancha Gonzalez

Work People World Made Drive Resources Markets Out Possible Rapid Rapid Growth More Open Demand Countries Economy Global Wagon Subsistence Productive Using Activities World Economy Growth Pull

The fact is that during the post-1989 heyday of globalization optimism, political and business elites did not think enough about the prospect - plainly predicted in economic theory - that trade would harm some people even while leaving society as a whole better off. The result was overpromised benefits and inadequate adjustment plans. Arancha Gonzalez

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Exporting firms are more productive and pay higher wages than their domestically focused counterparts, especially in places like Sub-Saharan Africa. If firms manage to thrive in world markets, they tend to increase their productivity even more. Arancha Gonzalez

You only have a problem when you admit you have a problem. Arancha Gonzalez

You Problem Admit Only

The deeper your regional integration, the more value chain activity you generate, but the more you close the gap between your small and your large companies. Arancha Gonzalez

You Value More Small Generate Between Integration Close Regional Your Companies Large Chain Gap Activity Deeper

Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade. Arancha Gonzalez

Key Remove Our Objective Obstacles Trade

We survey companies and ask them what the barriers to export and import are. Once we map these barriers, we sit down with the companies on one side and the government and regulatory agencies on the other and help them identify obstacles to trade and what has to be done to tackle them. Arancha Gonzalez

I have seen African countries negotiate bilaterally and within the WTO. African countries come to the WTO prepared and defend their interests with vigour. Arancha Gonzalez

Seen Negotiate Countries Come Within African Interests Vigour Prepared Defend

Through the SITA initiative, we are building bridges between India and East Africa by taking Indian companies to these countries to see with their own eyes what the opportunities are. Arancha Gonzalez

Eyes Opportunities Building Own East India Indian See Through Taking Between Countries Africa Companies Bridges Initiative

The representatives of young professionals and woman entrepreneurs deserve seats at the big table to evolve viable, efficient, and sustainable solutions for problems the world is faced with. Without their participation, there will always be a deficit of compassion and innovation. Arancha Gonzalez

Woman Innovation World Problems Compassion Will Big Young Deficit Evolve Solutions Table Faced Entrepreneurs Participation Without Always Efficient Viable Representatives Sustainable Professionals Deserve Seats

It makes perfect economic sense to integrate women in the economy in the developing world in order to catch up with advanced countries, thereby minimising socioeconomic costs as well. Arancha Gonzalez

Women World Sense Costs Economic Perfect Advanced Catch Developing Developing World Countries Economy Well Makes Integrate Up Order Thereby

Our main aim globally is to connect more women to the economy because we know there is a specific market failure there: women are having more difficulty in business than men. Arancha Gonzalez

Failure Business Women Men Difficulty Aim Market Our Having More Main Economy Know Globally Because Women Are Than Connect Specific

The 'SheTrades' programme aims to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020 with a campaign, a focussed networking app, and a range of international and national information resources. Arancha Gonzalez

Women National Aims Resources Markets Range Networking Entrepreneurs Campaign Information App Connect International Million Programme

Women are the half of the engine of our societies; they are half of the engines of our economies. Arancha Gonzalez

Women Half Our Economies Women Are Engine Engines Societies

You must stand up for multilateralism. You must make trade great again. Arancha Gonzalez

Great You Must Make Trade Up Again Stand Stand Up

China has proven that the wellbeing of citizens in a country doesn't necessarily contradict its engagement globally. Arancha Gonzalez

Country Citizens Globally Wellbeing Proven Contradict China Engagement Necessarily

We all know it's brutal up there at the front, especially those of us at the rear. Arthur Frank Burns

Those Brutal Know Up Front Us Rear

Which would you rather have, capital lined up on your borders, trying to get into your country or trying to get out of your country? We are the capital magnet of this planet and we are the savior for not only people, for not only freedom, but also for capital. Arthur Laffer

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