The global economy is not a zero-sum game, and the challenge for European politicians will be to explain this to EU members, particularly countries like France that are resistant to globalization and keen on building a “Fortress Europe.” Chirac’s visit provides a perfect moment for India to make it clear that strategic partnerships and protectionism (as seems to be occurring in the French effort to block Mittal’s bid for the Belgian-French steel group Arcelor.) don’t mix.
确实，欧盟应当把印度的经济增长视为将会造福于每个人的黄金机会，而不是一个竞争性的威胁。全球经济并非一个零和游戏，欧盟政治家们的挑战是向欧盟成员，特别是像法国那样拒绝全球化以及想要建立“城堡欧洲”的国家解释这一道理。希拉克的访问为印度表明战略伙伴关系与保护主义（法国力图阻拦米塔尔公司收购法国和比利时合营的阿塞洛钢铁集团似乎就表现出这一点）并不相混提供了一个极佳的机会。