The move will put prices out of reach of a considerable amount of technical textbooks for university students and force many booksellers of Western books to close up shop or go underground. Many booksellers complain that they are sacrificial lambs in the government's policy of accommodating foreign demands.
這麼一來，不但大專學生將會買不起教科書；西書業者在想合法印書而不可得的情況下，也只有關門或走入「地下」。不少業者抱怨：他們是中美談判的犧牲品。