Sidste år da Kommissionen blev informeret om perspektiverne, og nogle få politikere, deriblandt jeg, slog alarm, sagde Europa ikke noget, det sendte ingen advarselssignaler til hverken Kina eller detailkæderne, og det forberedte sig ikke tids nok på hurtig overvågning.
Last year, when the Commission was informed of the forecast, and a few politicians, myself included, were sounding the alarm, Europe failed to say anything and sent no warning signals, either to China or to the retail chains, and failed to prepare in time for rapid monitoring.