Sixty-five years ago, the distribution of global GDP was such that Europe had only one role model for its single market: the United States. Today, however, Europe is faced with a new global economy, reconfigured by globalization and by the emerging economies of Asia and Latin America.
65年前，全球GDP的分布状况使得欧洲只有一个实现单一市场的效仿对象：美国。如今，欧洲正面对着一个全新的全球经济，一个被全球化和亚洲和拉美新兴国家所重新塑造的经济。