TASC consultant Lu Shui-sheng, who did much of the work of persuading people in the mango trade to form a coalition, says that with the impact of the WTO, farmers themselves had already realized that they were in a "life and death" situation, and this was a good opportunity to get them to join forces.
實際執行芒果業者結盟的策略聯盟顧問盧水生說，在 WTO 的衝擊之下，農民也意識到這是「生死存亡關頭」，此時是凝結農民力量的好契機。