This is an opportunity that is going to yield great benefits for all countries on the continent as well as big business, small companies and micro-traders.

Cyril Ramaphosa 

South African President
After signing the Kigali Declaration for the Launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area

Source: www.thepresidency.gov.za

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I want your creativity, your entrepreneurship, your young people to be much more present in France. Much more known and recognised. And I want to see the same from the French side.

Emmanuel Macron

French President
On Indo-French relationship

Source: Reuters

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President Trump has recently said and I quote, ‘trade wars are good and easy to win.’ But the truth is quite the opposite. Trade wars are bad and easy to lose.

Donald Tusk

European Council President
On Donald Trump’s trade war remark

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People who come as skilled migrants pay taxes. They make a net contribution to the economy.

Scott Morrison

Treasurer of Australia
On contribution of migrants

Source: The Guardian

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We have to try and give people the ability to move out of agriculture into industry and services, where income is much higher. We need to figure out ways to do this.

Raghuram Rajan

Former Governor of the RBI
On employment in India

Source: ANI

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The sunniest countries in the world should not lack for energy. The fact that they do is an unacceptable irony.

Paul Kagame

President of Rwanda
At the first conference of the International Solar Agency held in New Delhi

Source: MoI, Republic of Rwanda