Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde
Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Directorof the International Monetary Fundsince 5 July 2011...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1956
CountryFrance
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France is pushing heard inside the Union to speed up ties with Morocco.
globalization
Consumption has massively benefited from globalization.
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Improved productivity is another direct benefit of globalization.
diversity trade
Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.
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I'm proud that somebody like myself has made it to the very top.
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We draw many benefits from globalization that people take for granted. Poverty has been reduced massively around the world. If you look at the Chinese numbers, it is quite mind-boggling: 700 million people taken out of poverty in a matter of 40 years, the poverty rate having moved from over 30 per cent from hardly six per cent now. That would not have happened if there had not been globalization.
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I have lived with extraordinary women, whether it was my grandmother, my mother. My father passed away when I was 16... I was witness to a woman who single handedly brought up the entire family and managed to do everything... She was an extraordinary role model for me.
world elsewhere middle-class
When in one area of the world the standard of living and the size of the middle class increases, it is going to have an effect elsewhere in the world as well.
world economy trade
It so happens that because all the economies are strongly inter-connected and aggregated, there is trade that is happening not just from China to the rest of the world, but from the rest of the world to China as well, and that is going to continue.
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The Egyptian society needs to include its women if it wants to have economic prosperity.
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This accord shows the Europeans and the Chinese authorities know how to be pragmatic to solve the blockages which would have caused financial difficulties for French firms this year,
negotiation
Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.
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Frankly, I think Europe should have no shame given the efforts that have been undertaken, given the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy that was undertaken in 2003 and given the opening of Europe in general.
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I'm very skeptical as to the ability to reach a comprehensive agreement given how little has been achieved in the last four months.