世贸组织病入膏肓了吗?国际贸易体系面临的威胁

Zdenek Drabek
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国际贸易体系正受到威胁。许多观察家已经对科维德事件、乌克兰战争、台湾紧张局势和其他天灾人祸及其对国际贸易体系的影响表示严重关切。有些人甚至怀疑其可行性和生存机会。本文旨在评估这些论点的分量。本文认为,全球市场的动荡固然是危及该体系的一个因素,但该体系自身的弱点对它的威胁更大。这些弱点是世贸组织国际贸易协议中的各种不完善之处,它们将国际社会分割成不同的集团。研究还表明,经济理论并不能为我们指明决策者达成最佳贸易协定的方向。有观点认为,在当前条件下,将各国分割成不同的谈判和贸易集团是最佳步骤。
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Is the WTO terminally ill? Threats to the international trading system

The international trading system is under threat. Many observers have already expressed serious concerns about the impact of Covid, the war in Ukraine, tensions over Taiwan and other natural and man-made disasters and their effects on the international trading system. Some even doubt its viability and chances of survival. The purpose of this paper is to assess the weight of those arguments. It is argued that the turmoil in global markets is, of course, a factor endangering the system, but the system is threatened even more by its own weaknesses. These are various imperfections in the international trade agreements in the WTO which are dividing the international community into separate groups. It is also shown that economic theory does not help us much to show the directions for policy makers to reach optimal trade agreements. It is argued that the splitting of countries into different negotiating and trading blocs is the optimal step under present conditions.

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