One such impli­cation is the right of individual countries to safeguard their domestic institutional choices. Recognition of institutional diversity would be meaningless if countries did not have the instru­ments available to shape and maintain – in a word, “protect” – their own institutions.
4.各国有权保护自身的法律和制度。上述原则看似并无恶意。但其深层内涵却与全球化倡导者的普遍信念相背离，其中之一是各国捍卫其国内制度选择的权利。如果国家没有建立和保持（一言以蔽之，“保护”）其自身制度的方法，对制度多样性的认可就毫无意义。