F.eks. fremgår det af en meget citeret undersøgelse fra Verdensbanken fra 2005, at den mulige gevinst ved fuld liberalisering af global vareudveksling vil andrage ca. 65 miliarder amerikanske dollars for EFTA-landene og de 25 i EU indtil 2015.
The Council has noted that a further multilateral change of trade was the best way to meet the challenges posed by economic and technological change and increasing globalisation.