Quotable

Today the tariff on wine imports in China is 48.5 percent, but after the FTA goes into effect next summer, it will be zero."

Levan Davitashvili, Georgian minister of agriculture, after China and Georgia announced they will sign a free trade agreement this year.

"What I am most concerned about next year is the increasing geopolitical instability, which in a capital goods environment is not exactly helpful."

Joe Haeser, CEO of Siemens AG

"A casino itself is a passive business and only about gambling."

Steve Wynn, Las Vegas casino tycoon, whose "luxury-for-all" $4.2 billion lavish resort Wynn Palace opened last month in Macao.

(China Daily European Weekly 09/23/2016 page24)