继续具有活力的太平洋经济近二十年来,学者、实业家、政府官员对太平洋国家之间经济合作的概念一直在进行讨论。迄今为止,现实的政治和经济障碍一直阻碍着这一合作发展成为牢固的合作关系。许多障碍现在仍然存在,今后也仍将妨碍太平洋设想的发展。尽管如此,太平洋国家之间的多边合作,因促进经济增长和扩大贸易、技术交流而正在迅速成为经济的现实。虽然这个设想仍 Continuing a viable Pacific economy The concept of economic cooperation among Pacific nations has been under discussion for more than two decades by academics, industrialists and government officials. So far, the real political and economic obstacles have been hindering the development of this cooperation into a solid cooperative relationship. Many obstacles still exist and will continue to hamper the development of the Pacific vision in the future. Nevertheless, multilateral cooperation among Pacific countries is rapidly becoming an economic reality due to its promotion of economic growth and the expansion of trade and technological exchanges. Although this idea is still