They would send a disastrous signal to the rest of the world: the champion of open markets is going it alone.
But both his contribution and your rejoinder are stuck in the framework of a well-worn debate about the merits of open markets and globalisation.
On the right, Mr de Villepin at least had the courage to try to counter the logic of job protection, but elsewhere has scarcely demonstrated an embrace of open markets.
"If we weren't in there helping write the rules they would be written without us - the biggest supporter of open markets and free trade - and we wouldn't like the outcome , " argued David Cameron in speech last year.
The benefits of cleared markets include open and transparent markets and a level playing filed with a transparent central order book, he said and addresses system risk.
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The index evaluates economic freedom by looking at the rule of law, regulatory efficiency, the size of government and open markets.
There was concern that the collapse of Enron would prompt excessively tight regulation and would set European law-makers against the better features of the American model of deep, open markets.
During the session, as I understand it, we heard from Jim Hoffa about the importance of trade strategies that open markets.
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And along with the UK, the Nordics have been the loudest supporters of free trade and open markets in the European Union.
So I've given instructions to my trade offices -- and we actually highlight this at the highest levels of foreign policy -- that these are issues that have to be addressed because that's part of the reciprocity of making our markets open.
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From the looks of the overseas markets and the big open, all the pieces of the puzzle have come into place.
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"We're beginning to work through it and there is a lot of focus on how to open the credit markets up again, " he said, adding that none of this will be easy.
The advocacy group also says that a July 2012 survey shows 84 percent of New Englanders support open electricity markets there.
Indeed, some advocates of liberalisation worry that open postal markets will fail to attract new entrants and that eliminating the reserved area will not guarantee competition.
Aside from being a good business idea, Generation Health is an excellent illustration of how new markets can open up room for new players, and how these organizations can turbo-charge market growth.
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The reaction of Asian markets when they open for trading Monday will indicate whether this week's slide is a limited event or the beginning of a broader contagion, says Bank of New York's Woolfolk.
Mr. TED WEISBERG (President, Seaport Securities): Well, it's characterized with a lot of volatility, unfortunately most of it on the down side though the markets did open dramatically lower - sort of a knee-jerk reaction, I think, to both Asia and Europe.
Looking at in terms of China, we should open our markets to Chinese producers without restrictions.
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They should aim for a thorough dismantling of distorting subsidies and for truly open markets for farm goods.
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So suggests the minutes of the mid-December Federal Open Markets Committee meeting, which was released to the press Thursday afternoon.
The worry for foreign manufacturers is that Kia's stumble may hinder the slow process of prising open South Korea's markets.
The partnership will also open up markets outside of Asia for Lenovo and will help it expand into products beyond personal computers in Asia.
In addition, we are pushing for a Free Trade Area of the Americas that will open more markets with Mercosur and the Caribbean, too.
Multinationals are also competing for talent with China's domestic companies, which need to improve the quality of their people as their markets open to foreign rivals.
Visiting India himself in November, Mayor of London Boris Johnson urged the government to reconsider, suggesting the policy sent the "wrong signal" and could damage the UK's reputation as one of most open and dynamic higher education markets in the world.
The whole purpose of our markets were to have them open, transparent and fair.
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The best solution is to throw open all of Europe's energy markets in one go.
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Likewise, China has allowed millions of people to lift themselves out of poverty by expanding the range of choices open to them, by opening markets, not by increasing the minimum wage.
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Such concerns were also behind the stalling earlier this year of a directive that was supposed to open markets for services to the same free flow enjoyed in markets for goods.
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