日本应对WTO改革的政策动向
无烟日黑板报-养成教育主题班会
Japan
’
s Policy towards the
WTO
Reform
Ni Yueju
I
n the face of an
unprecedented survival crisis, reform of the World
Trade
Organization (WTO) is more imperative
than ever before. On the one
hand, the WTO’s
authority has been seriously threatened. Since he
took
office, US President Donald Trump has
paid no heed to WTO rules. He
has launched
frequent trade offensives against other countries
based on US
“domestic law,” and even
threatened to withdraw from the WTO at any time
if the reform does not satisfy him. On the
other hand, the appellate function
to ensure
the smooth operation of the WTO is almost lost. If
reform cannot
be carried out in a timely
manner, by the end of 2019, the WTO dispute
settlement mechanism may exist in name only.
In addition, the fairness and
efficiency of
the WTO has constantly triggered controversies. In
particular,
the long-stalled Doha round of
negotiations has seriously affected the
cohesiveness and leadership of the WTO. As the
third largest economy in
the world and one of
the biggest beneficiaries of the multilateral free
trade
system, Japan’s position and
propositions for WTO reform deserve attention.
Exploring Japan’s policy in this regard has
important practical significance for
judging
the prospects of the WTO reform.
Japan’s Free
Trade Policy
In the historical process after
World War II, maintaining the multilateral
trading system has always been the cornerstone
of Japan’s free trade policy.
Ni
Yueju
History, Institute of World Economics and
Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
(CASS).
is Senior Research Fellow and Deputy
Director at the Research Center for World Economic
Japan’s Policy towards the WTO
Reform
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