The question is, are they willing to commit to it? And if they are willing to commit, are there any escape hatches to the commitment? Wilbur Ross More Quotes by Wilbur Ross More Quotes From Wilbur Ross There's no reason for tariffs to increase the price of steel by far more than the percentage of the tariff, and yet that's what has been happening, that clearly is not a result of the tariff, that's clearly a result of antisocial behavior by participants in the industry. Wilbur Ross company-news Our meetings so far have been friendly and frank, and covered some useful topics about specific export items. Wilbur Ross top-news For example, Canada and Mexico also have the postponement until June 1. So depending on where we are on NAFTA on June 1, the president will decide whether or not to extend their situation, so it's unforecastable at the moment. Wilbur Ross business The big topics like that are still a work in progress. And those are very complex issues, particularly rules of origin, so eventually it will come down to every comma, every semicolon, everything before we can figure out if it's something that's workable. Wilbur Ross business The gap remains wide. Wilbur Ross business ZTE did do some inappropriate things ... the question is are there alternative remedies to the ones we had originally put forward and that's the area we will be exploring very, very promptly. Wilbur Ross business Our position has been that that's an enforcement action separate from trade. Wilbur Ross business Who in the world is going to be too bothered by six tenths of a cent? Wilbur Ross top-news The thing was, it didn't cost the President anything to have that entertainment. Wilbur Ross top-news We're groping here to see whether the facts warrant a more comprehensive solution that would deal with a very wide range of steel products and a very wide range of countries. Wilbur Ross us-news One of the factors relating to national security would be if you needed a very rapid buildup, are the skill sets there, particularly are the skill sets there for the very complex alloys that are needed for armor plate and things of that sort. Wilbur Ross us-news It will demonstrate the administration's intention not to hip shoot, not to do anything casual, not to do anything abruptly, but to take a very measured and analytical approach. Wilbur Ross top-news These actions are designed to let the world know that this is another step in the president fulfilling his campaign promise to (tackle trade abuses). Wilbur Ross top-news I … look forward to working especially closely with Steve Mnuchin to implement the economic programs, which we have developed jointly. Wilbur Ross politics Our immediate concern is whether the AQR and the stress test are sensible and do not go overboard with negativity because of the recent tumult, as long as the treatment of the institutions is fair and not based on wild assumptions, then in principle many of us would be prepared to participate in a rights offering. Wilbur Ross company-news It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation. Wilbur Ross important-thing thing important sound Everybody talks about tariffs as the first thing. Tariffs are the last thing. Tariffs are part of the negotiation. The real trick is going to be increase American exports. Get rid of some of the tariff and non-tariff barriers to American exports. Wilbur Ross american some negotiation real I think there's a big difference between the impact of trade agreements on corporate America and the impact on Mr. and Mrs. America. Corporate America has adjusted to them by investing lots of capital offshore... What we're doing is we're exporting jobs and importing products instead of exporting products and keeping jobs. Wilbur Ross difference doing think america The whole idea of a trade deal is to build a fence around participants inside and give them an advantage over the outside. So there's a conceptual flaw in that, one of many conceptual flaws in NAFTA. Wilbur Ross inside build flaws trade To me, the most terrifying form of warfare would be if there was some simultaneous cyber attack on our grid, on the banking system, and on our transportation system. That would be quite a devastating thing, and yet in theory, absent some real protective measures, that could happen. Wilbur Ross me cyber transportation real