John Bruton

A terrorist nuclear detonation in a western city would destroy all economic confidence. ↗

— John Bruton

#confidence #destroy #economic #nuclear #terrorist

But our system of regulation must keep up with this. If it fails to keep up, it will hold back economic expansion. We need financial market regulation that works at national and European level. ↗

— John Bruton

#economic #european #expansion #fails #financial

If the EU and the US can cooperate successfully on regulating financial markets, everyone else will follow. ↗

— John Bruton

#else #eu #everyone #financial #financial markets

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. ↗

— John Bruton

#american companies #china #companies #country #indeed

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong. ↗

— John Bruton

#making #play #role #strong #united

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. ↗

— John Bruton

#capabilities #country #demand #eliminate #increase

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. ↗

— John Bruton

#cooperate #fairly #feel #happen #non-proliferation

One cannot have economic growth without security. ↗

— John Bruton

#economic #economic growth #growth #security #without

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea. ↗

— John Bruton

#even #far #korea #like #more

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together. ↗

— John Bruton

#china #european #exceeds #investment #japan