Kommissionen og en stor del af Parlamentet går stadig ud fra, at modstanden fra den tredje verden kun har forsinket en uundgåelig udvikling hen imod international frihandel og beskyttelse af udenlandske investeringer, og at de europæiske og amerikanske ønsker alligevel skal opfyldes.
The European Commission and a large proportion in this Parliament are still assuming that protests from the Third World have only delayed an inevitable development towards international free trade and protection of foreign investments, and that the desires of Europe and the US still have to be complied with.