东欧的变革可能使世界三大经济区的力量对比发生彻底的变化。如果整个欧洲实现经济一体化,其所集合起来的经济实力将明显地超过美国。从长远看,日本生气勃勃的追赶过程也许会受到新的限制。造成这种形势的原因可能是东欧国家(包括苏联)的经济力量,这些国家的国民生产总值几乎接近日本。 Changes in Eastern Europe may revolutionize the balance of power in the world’s three largest economic zones. If the whole of Europe realizes economic integration, its combined economic strength will obviously surpass that of the United States. In the long run, Japan’s dynamic catching-up process may be subject to new restrictions. The reason for such a situation may be the economic power of the countries of Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union, whose gross national product is almost close to that of Japan.