WTO贸易政策评审机制:作用证明价值,挑战尚待回应

WTO贸易政策评审机制在增强各成员方贸易政策的透明度,改善国际贸易环境,减少贸易纠纷等方面发挥了重要的作用。这一机制也面临着一系列挑战,包括成员方数量增加对评审周期的冲击,如何保证发展中国家的利益;区域和双边安排对贸易政策评审机制的冲击,如何加强贸易政策评审,多边谈判和争端解决三大机制的联系和协作等。完善机制的建议包括改变评审周期,对小国进行集体评审,增加评审的人力资源,帮助发展中国家进行能力建设,缩减秘书处报告等。这种评析对我国参与贸易政策评审会有所裨益。

Trade Policy Review Mechanism of WTO:Values Proved,Challenges Remained

trade policy review mechanism(TPRM) has played an important role in increasing the transparency of the Members' trade policy,improving the international trade environment and lessening trade disputes.However,it is faced with series challenges,including increased members pressures onto the frequencies of review,safeguarding developing countries' interests,pressures caused by regional and bilateral arrangements,and to strengthen the coordination and closing the relationship between the three mechanisms in the WTO,i.e.,TPRM,DSB and the negotiation.The proposals for improvement include changing review frequencies,reviewing small countries collectively,increasing personnel for reviewing,and helping developing countries in capacity-building and shorten the secretariat's report.This analysis and proposals would be helpful to China's participation in the TPRM.