I will do everything I can as Prime Minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.

David Cameron

Prime Minister of UK

Stating his intent to step down after Britain voted to leave EU

Source: The Telegraph

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At 7.6%, India’s GDP growth rate for FY2016 is at a 5-year high. This is good news and firmly puts India as the world’s fastest growing major economy. However, the sustainability of this growth momentum will certainly depend on how well and fast government can help revive the investment, especially in the private sector.

Sunil Kanoria

President, ASSOCHAM

While reacting to India’s GDP growth in FY2016

Source: ASSOCHAM

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There is an urgent need to restore trade and investment as a driver of growth and jobs, particularly in the developing world, and this will be a focus of my tenure.

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Founder & Chairman, Bharti Enterprises

After being elected as the head of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Source: PTI

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China has already fulfilled its obligations on joining the WTO. What’s needed now is for the other parties to fulfill the matching obligations they had promised... we don’t want to fight a trade war because this will benefit nobody.

Li Keqiang

Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China

During the fourth round of China-Germany inter-governmental consultations with European Union

Source: Reuters

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As US businesses search for new areas of economic growth, markets for their goods, a pool of skilled resources, and global locations to produce and manufacture, India could be their ideal partner.

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India

While addressing the joint session of the US Congress

Source: PIB

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A lot of the things that India would need to do to be a member of the TPP remains to be done (like work on intellectual property, government procurement and labour standards). These are all very integral parts of the TPP and India is below the standards that are required in the TPP in these areas.

Arvind Panagariya

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman

When asked if India could look at joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Source: PTI