The United States should take a cue from the leaders of emerging powers like India and Brazil who put economics at the centre of their foreign policies, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged policymakers.
"When their leaders approach a foreign policy challenge -- just as when they approach a domestic challenge -- one of the first questions they ask is, 'how will this affect our economic growth?'" she told the Economic Club of New York Friday in what was billed as a major economics and foreign policy speech.
"We need to be asking the same question -- not because the answer will dictate our foreign policy choices, but because it must be a significant part of the equation," she said declaring she is updating US foreign policy priorities to include economics "every step of the way."
The United States must position itself to lead in a world "where security is shaped in boardrooms and on trading floors -- as well as on battlefields," Clinton said noting "We have seen governments toppled by economic crisis."
The United States is "modernising (its) agenda on trade, investment and commercial diplomacy to deliver jobs and growth for the American people," she said. But Washington cannot compete if it is frozen in domestic political fights.
"When their leaders approach a foreign policy challenge -- just as when they approach a domestic challenge -- one of the first questions they ask is, 'how will this affect our economic growth?'" she told the Economic Club of New York Friday in what was billed as a major economics and foreign policy speech.
"We need to be asking the same question -- not because the answer will dictate our foreign policy choices, but because it must be a significant part of the equation," she said declaring she is updating US foreign policy priorities to include economics "every step of the way."
The United States must position itself to lead in a world "where security is shaped in boardrooms and on trading floors -- as well as on battlefields," Clinton said noting "We have seen governments toppled by economic crisis."
The United States is "modernising (its) agenda on trade, investment and commercial diplomacy to deliver jobs and growth for the American people," she said. But Washington cannot compete if it is frozen in domestic political fights.
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