Though in the short run most countries will not be able to resume international trade, people who participated in the recent CITES session got the feeling that "the next session may discuss a complete opening up of ivory trade." Thus, Taiwan's strict controls are being seen by those in the business as cutting their lifeline unnecessarily.
雖然短期內各國仍無法恢復象牙交易，但多位參加此次會議的人士卻感覺出「下一屆會議可能就會討論全面開放」的氣氛，因此台灣的嚴格作為，被業者視為自斷生路。