Now that rich countries no longer need to worry about losing the developing world to Communism, they have an opportunity to redefine the global economic order according to the same principles on which they built successful national economies: fair competition and social justice. Unfortunately, this opportunity was squandered in the Uruguay Round, as developed countries advanced their own interests at the expense of less developed countries.
坎昆会谈的失败还可能成为一次深入反省的机会。如今富国无须担心发展中世界倒向共产主义，他们有机会根据自己建设成功经济的准则，重新定义全球的经济秩序，上述准则就是公平竞争和社会正义。遗憾的是，乌拉圭回合谈判浪费了这样的机会，因为发达国家以牺牲不发达国家的利益为代价，牟取他们自身的利益。