In case of MDGs the inputs such as teachers, doctors and para medical staff, generation transmission and distribution of water and collection of waste and garbage, supply of immunization shots etc. produce expansion of school, improved access to health, nutrition, water supply and sanitation, immunization coverage etc.
If intra-EU trade is excluded, the EU and the US both account for around 20 percent of world trade. Furthermore, with 350 million inhabitants the EU is the largest consumer market in the OECD area, consumers whose needs will partly have to be met by trading with the rest of the world.