Given these misconceptions, protectionism has re-emerged as a formidable foe. In 1999, when the ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization erupted into bomb threats and mayhem, I asked then-Director-General Mike Moore whether we ought not to be prepared to die for the great cause of free trade.
由于这些错误观念的存在，保护主义得以死灰复燃，成为我们前进的大敌。1999年，世界贸易组织部长级会议上惊现炸弹威胁和蓄意破坏，我问时任总干事麦克·摩尔（Mike Moore），我们到底应不应该时刻准备着为自由贸易的伟业献身。我当时应该这样说：至少我们应该时刻准备着为这项伟业而活着。