The advantages for trade and investment - more than 450 million people in 25 countries - are self-evident. The addition of the faster-growing, middle-income economies of Central and Eastern Europe offers a larger, more diverse internal market with rising purchasing power and a well-educated workforce.
贸易和投资的优势—25个国家超过4.5亿人口—是不言自明的。来自中欧和东欧经济增长迅速的中等收入经济体的加入又带来了一个拥有不断提升的购买力和高素质劳动人口的，更为多元化的内部市场。