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" European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together. "
Texas
Put
Investment
" Financial service providers act as the lubricating oil in the economy. They link consumers who want to invest their savings for a good return with companies who want to borrow on best terms for expansion. "
Financial
Service
Oil
" If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow. "
Us
Follow
Financial
" Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China. "
Investment
American
Country
" Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong. "
United
Strong
Ireland
" It is not viable for one country to demand a right to increase and upgrade its nuclear weapons capabilities while asking others to eliminate theirs. "
Nuclear Weapons
Right
Country
" Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly. "
Willing
Only
Happen
" Of course the EU and member states must work to ensure that people moving from one country to another understand their obligations and their rights in areas like health, road safety and further education. "
Health
People
Safety
" One cannot have economic growth without security. "
Without
Economic
Growth
" Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea. "
Like
More
North Korea
" Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. "
Europe
Half
Peace
" States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all. "
Cannot
States
Fear
" That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree. "
Agree
Getting
Where
" The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free. "
Feel
Economy
People
" The EU and the U.S. often work together to develop international standards. This is the case in fighting terrorism and transnational crime, advancing trade liberalization, and combating piracy and intellectual property violations. "
Together
Work
Trade
" The E.U. has moved to combat global terrorism by instituting common European arrest and evidence warrants and creating a joint situation center to pool and analyze intelligence. "
Intelligence
Situation
Terrorism
" The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined. "
Japan
More
Around
" The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees. "
Justice
Respect
Freedom
" The E.U. is the world's fastest growing democratic body. "
Body
World
Democratic
" The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace. "
Peace
World
Successful
" The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point! "
Horizon
Time
Long
" The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China. "
China
America
Economic
" U.S. companies earn more from their investments in the EU than in the rest of the world combined. "
Rest
Than
World
" U.S. companies rely on the European market for more than half of their global foreign profits. "
Market
Than
Global
" We can demonstrate, by our own example, how E.U. freedoms, including the freedom of nationals of other E.U. countries to come and work here, has enabled us to expand our economy. "
Economy
Work
Us
" When the E.U. and the U.S. agree, other countries follow. "
Follow
Countries
Agree
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