In the Scandinavian countries, as in the US, foreign competition intensified sharply during the past decade. China and India gained considerable economic power, and close neighbors in previously isolated communist states were rapidly integrated in the European economy.
但是，保护主义并不是对全球竞争的恐慌的唯一选择。在斯堪的纳维亚国家，和像在美国一样，在过去十年里外国竞争急剧加剧。中国和印度积累了巨大的经济实力，而且位于以前被孤立的共产主义国家中的临近国家，在快速地融入到欧洲经济之中。