基于欧盟关于WTO的立场及其对WTO面临的危机的认知,2018年欧盟以概念文件的方式提出了WTO现代化的改革方案,同时在外交上采取了一系列的行动,试图推动国际社会就WTO改革形成共识。欧盟WTO改革方案所针对的问题既包括WTO制度内在问题,也包括在实践中WTO成员的有损WTO有效性与声望的单边行动,内容主要涉及三个方面,即WTO规则制定、WTO日常运作与透明性,以及WTO争端解决机制。欧盟WTO改革方案总体来看是一个综合性的方案,是迄今为止最为全面、最为系统的改革方案,也得到了一些国家的认可与支持。但是,欧盟的WTO改革方案存在着一些致命的缺陷,使得欧盟的改革方案难以成为WTO走出困境的真正有效的方案。
<<Based on its stance on the WTO and its perception over the WTO crisis,the EU issued its concept paper on WTO reform:WTO Modernization,and took a number of diplomatic actions aiming at fostering international consensus on WTO reform in 2018. The EU’s concept paper is directed not only against the issues related to WTO institutions but also some WTO members’ unilateral actions which generate unfavorable impacts on the effectiveness and prestige of the WTO. The EU’s proposals cover three aspects:WTO’s rulemaking,WTO’s regular work and transparency,and WTO’s dispute settlement mechanism. So far,as a synthetic concept paper,the EU’s WTO reform scheme is the most comprehensive and systematic one and has been advocated by some WTO members. However there are also some fundamental flaws in the EU’s proposals,which make it hardly to be a truly effective WTO reform scheme.
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