据最近欧共体《1993—1994年经济预测报告》及英国《金融时报》报道,当前美国经济正在缓慢复苏,日本经济衰退徘徊谷底,而西欧经济则面临下列三大挑战: (一)经济衰退继续加深。欧共体经济从整体说去年下半年滑入衰退。欧共体国内生产总值去年下半年下降了0.25％(年率), According to the recent “1993-1994 Economic Forecast Report” by the EC and the Financial Times, the current U.S. economy is slowly recovering. Japan’s economic downturn is hovering at the bottom. However, Western Europe’s economy faces the following three major challenges: (1) Economic Recession Continue to deepen. The EC economy as a whole slipped into recession in the second half of last year. The EU’s GDP dropped by 0.25% (annualized) in the second half of last year,