The 1998 Commission Report on the competitiveness of European industry highlights the fact that even though Europe's single market is larger than the United States' domestic market, the European Union itself is not as competitive as the US.
El informe que publicó la Comisión Europea en 1998 sobre la competitividad de la industria europea revela que aunque el mercado interior europeo es mayor que el de Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea es menos competitiva que Estados Unidos.