The non-discrimination principle ensured that global trade did not become a “spaghetti bowl” of preferential bilateral trade agreements. Moreover, a multilateral framework for trade negotiations gave weaker states far more balanced conditions than they would face were they forced to negotiate bilaterally with the likes of China, the United States, or the European Union.
无歧视原则保证了全球贸易不会沦落为特惠双边贸易协定的“意大利面碗”（spaghetti bowl）。此外，贸易谈判的多边框架让弱小国可以获得比被迫与中国、美国、欧洲等国家和地区进行双边谈判时可能面临的更加平衡的条件。