One of the European Union’s greatest achievements has been to scrap non-tariff barriers to trade in goods and services. But the “single market” remains incomplete and faces new threats. The European commissioner responsible for it is blocking further liberalisation of services – even though the Commission as a whole is economically liberal. The biggest danger is that the euro crisis will lead to a two-speed Europe that fractures the single market.
歐盟(EU)最大的成就之一是取消了商品和服務貿易領域的非關稅壁壘。然而,「單一」市場仍不完整,並且面臨著新威脅。歐盟貿易專員正在給服務貿易的進一步自由化設置障礙——儘管歐盟委員會總體上奉行的是自由經濟政策。最嚴重的危險在於,歐元區危機將造就一個「雙速歐洲」,撕裂歐洲單一市場。
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