Experţii înşişi admit că respectivele câştiguri pe care ţările sărace le-ar fi putut obţine ar fi fost mult inferioare pierderilor fiscale provocate prin eliminarea taxelor vamale din aceleaşi ţări, taxe care ar fi atins suma de 60 de miliarde de USD.
Even the experts admit, the gains that the poorest countries could have hoped for were well below the tax losses caused by the demise of customs duties in these same countries, duties that would have reached the sum of USD 60 billion.