Tightening Trusted Ties

正Five decades after forging diplomatic ties,China and Tanzania stand ready to inject new vigor into their traditional friendship,symbolized by the iconic Tanzania-Zambia Railway.Shortly before their golden jubilee,which falls on April 26,Abdulrahaman A.Shimbo,Tanzanian Ambassador to China,sat down with Beijing Review reporter Ni Yanshuo to share his thoughts on the latest development of bilateral relations.Excerpts follow:     

超越GATT／WTO：美国对外贸易法中双边主义的复兴

双边主义是由两个国家(或地区)参加并协商解决问题的一种理论和主张。自20世纪60年代中后期以后,随着美国世界经济霸主地位的丧失,美国已不能从GATT/WTO规则中获取更多的优惠,转而谋求一种更为直接、快捷、有效的贸易体制来扩大进出口,发展经济。双边协定,特别是双边自由贸易协定满足了这种要求,但也对GATT/WTO多边贸易规则产生深远的负面影响。     

Sino-Swiss FTA Pushes Bilateral Relations to New Heights

正CHINA and Switzerland signed in July 2013 the Free Trade Agreement(FTA)in Beijing,so marking the culmination of more than two years of negotiations and legal processes.The f irst free trade pact between China and a country in continental Europe,the agreement came officially into effect on July 1,2014.China Today held an exclusive interview with David Braun,head of the Economic,Financial and Commercial Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in China,to discuss the FTA in greater depth.China Today:What is the signif icance of the FTA for     

Australia and a Post-Brexit Britain

This article, based on the Robert Menzies Lecture delivered by the author in London on 31 October 2017, provides a survey of Britain and Australia’s bilateral relationship from the 1930s to the present. In the earlier period particular attention is given to the role of Sir Robert Menzies. The relationship is examined in the light of Britain’s accession to the EEC/EU with reference to bilateral trade, security and global politics, and migration, with emphasis on strong people-to-people links. The author expresses hopes for renewed co-operation over free trade, a rules-based world outlook and links between universities in a post-Brexit world. He argues that although the bilateral relationship went through some troubled times in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, it is now getting back to the natural strength that it deserves.     

中外双边投资条约中经济主权问题研究

本文对经济主权的实质、内容和特征进行探讨 ,并从中外双边投资条约的内容入手 ,对我国坚持经济主权原则之体现和弊漏作出分析 ,提出经济主权之实现应注意的问题。     

试析独联体国家间多边支付结算体系的构建

进入21世纪以来,独联体经济一体化中仍然存在非一体化趋势。独联体国家间现行的双边结算体系在很大程度上阻碍了独联体经济、贸易一体化的进一步发展。改革和完善现行支付结算体系,建立多边结算体系不仅是必要的,而且也是可行的。     

UK development policy and domestic politics 1997–2016

Debate surrounds the relative importance of development aid and development policy in donor efforts to support international development. Likewise, the literature on UK development policy points to its putative stability and consistency over time. Both perspectives, however, underplay the political contention which characterises UK development policy and its variable effects. This article, therefore, examines UK development policy between 1997 and 2016 and the varying extent to which it gave rise to contentious politics over time. It explores three politically-significant periods in the context of UK development policy between 1997 and 2016: the first between 1997 and 2003, characterised, I argue, by political consensus and managed contention; a second between 2003 and 2010, characterised by transition and emerging political contention; and a third, between 2010 and 2016, characterised by contentious politics and political fracturing. I associate the first period with effective political vision and direction and the third with a significant erosion of both, to the detriment of UK development policy and its efficacy. In conclusion, I argue that UK development policy has been most effective when it has been underpinned by a clear and consensual political vision.     

论现代国际航空法的自由化趋势

自由化既是应然国际航空法的一种理念和价值取向,又越来越多地体现在实在国际航空法之中。具体而言,1944年《芝加哥公约》建立的双边法律体制实质上是一种贸易保护主义,从美英《百慕大协定》到美国自由式协定都增进了自由化内容,2007年美欧协议和中美协议体现了全面的自由化;从区域层面来看,欧盟与亚太地区航空法都展示了自由化势头;国际多边自由化仅在有限范围内得到发展,但航空联盟在实践中发展了多边自由化,ICAO也对多边自由化做出了重要贡献;WTO多边法律体制也开始调整航空运输,虽然目前的调整范围十分狭窄,但贸易评审机制保障了WTO航空立法自由化的向前发展。     

Domestic Institutions,Capacity Limitations,and Compliance Costs: Host Country Determinants of Investment Treaty Arbitrations, 1987–2007

The number of investment treaty arbitrations has exploded in recent years. However, the distribution of known arbitral claims varies among states. Some states have had multiple claims brought against them, while others appear not to have experienced any. This article represents the first study to seek causal explanations for this variation. My principal hypothesis is that a country's institutional capacity for protecting investor rights should be negatively correlated with the number of treaty-based arbitral claims brought against it. A panel analysis suggests that, after controlling for other determinants, countries with greater institutional capacity experience fewer disputes than those with lower capacity. This finding reveals an important truth about investment treaties: while they may be designed to help developing countries compensate for domestic-level institutional deficiencies in order to attract more foreign investment, it is precisely those countries with the weakest institutions for which the costs of treaty compliance are likely to be the highest.     

对中俄贸易中“灰色清关”问题的思考

"灰色清关"是俄罗斯的一种特殊清关方式,但是通过这种途径进入俄罗斯的中国商品近年来却屡被俄官方查扣."灰色清关"的存在有其主、客观的原因.虽然它对中俄贸易有过积极影响,但是它也折射了中俄贸易中的一些问题.在自由贸易普遍发展的今天,它已经越来越成为中俄贸易的阻碍因素.因此,我们应该采取相应措施防范其对双边贸易的消极影响,使中俄贸易在新时期里迈上一个新台阶.