However, the Community's main trading partners, particularly the United States, have always been opposed to the basic principles of the CAP. The plethora of panels in the 1980s which pronounced against it have gradually undermined the Community's international position.
De leur côté, les principaux partenaires commerciaux de la Communauté, et en particulier les Etats-Unis, se sont constamment opposés aux principes essentiels de la PAC et la multiplication, dans les années 80, des panels perdus a progressivement sapé la position internationale de la Communauté.