As for economic organizations, we've long been a trade powerhouse, "but very few countries supported us, because we used to have high tariffs and low purchasing power, and they'd always come up on the short end of the stick in dealing with us," Andrew C. Tsuei, chairman of the Association for East Europe Trade Promotion, points out.
對經貿性國際組織來說，雖然我們早已是貿易出超大國，「但過去我們關稅高、民間消費能力低，去和別人打交道，他們只有吃虧，沒佔便宜的，所以支持我們的國家少」，東歐貿易協進會理事長崔中指出。