“If you have corruption, forget about partnership, because you will just have crooks in the government and in the private sector, and not real development.” H.E. Luis Abinader

“We have a single window system in our port community in Dominican Republic where a shipper or an importer doesn't need to go physically anywhere; he goes into that platform and from there he pays the custom duty, everything inspected, and finally the product is allowed to leave without any paper; it's all electronic, and this gives the government precise information and is good for security and avoids anybody taking advantage of the system.” Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem

“I don't think it's an overstatement to say that trade is the engine that drives the global economy; it fosters growth and creates opportunity worldwide.” Nicole Goodkind