论多边贸易体制中的环境保护问题及其发展趋势

在多边贸易体制中如何实现环境保护与贸易自由的协调发展 ,这是一个“国际贸易新问题” ,GATT规则及其争端解决实践对此问题基本上持回避、谨慎的态度。随着WTO的建立 ,多边贸易体制对环境保护问题的关注度则明显加强 ,特别是WTO上诉机构的争端解决实践 ,表明WTO的价值天平向环境保护倾斜的趋势似乎在逐步明显。多哈会谈及坎昆部长会议则再次显示多边贸易体制对环境问题的妥协。环境问题在多边贸易体制中的这种发展趋势将会对发展中国家的贸易安全提出严峻挑战。

The Issue on Environmental Protection in Multilateral Trade System and Its Evolutional Trend

Under multilateral trade system, how to harmonize the relationship between environmental protection and trade liberalization is a new issue in international trade. GATT rules and its dispute settlement practices usually runaround the issue. With the establishment of WTO, multilateral trade system paid more attention to it. The practices of the appellate of WTO reflected a trend that the value balance of WTO inclines to environment. Doha ministerial conference and Cancun ministerial conference indicated multilateral trade system compromised with environmental issue. The evolutional trend of environmental protection in multilateral trade system will challenge trade security of developing countries.