卢拉声称这一权宜之计让巴西获得了其他国家所没有的一定程度的灵活性；但如他所声称，这也不是没有代价的，并且成效并不持久。
Lula claimed that this ad hoc approach gave Brazil a degree of flexibility lacking in other countries; but it was not cost-free, as he claimed, and the results did not endure.