"If we reject the conditions, we'll be greeted as heroes by the media. They'll say we have spine, and would not accept an insult to the nation. But it would be a serious blow to the international reputation of the ROC to lose the agreement with the US. Moreover, an absence of order in the export of textiles would be bad for local industry.
當時蕭萬長說的話，張滄漢到現在還印象深刻：「如果我們不接受這樣的條件，談判破裂回國，輿論一定會說我們有骨氣、不做喪權辱國的事，會受到英雄式的歡迎；但是中美之間沒有協定，對中華民國的國際聲望是很大的打擊，而且將來紡織品出口秩序混亂，對產業有負面影響。