Siew hopes these public and private efforts will make for a better trade climate, but he points out that, above all, those who must meet the challenges head on are still the businessmen themselves.
政府固能從旁提供助力，例如前述的強化貿協功能，促使資料搜集更趨詳盡確實，但貿協勢必只能提供一般性資料，各行業的特殊商情，仍得業者自行搜集。而且政府畢竟不能代替業者去爭取訂單，站在國際貿易場上，直接面對競爭的，仍是業者本身。