区域性服务贸易规则与多边规则之关系（The relationship between regional service trade rules and multilateral rules）.doc

区域性服务贸易规则与多边规则之关系（The relationship between regional service trade rules and multilateral rules） The relationship between regional service trade rules and multilateral rules 2006-7-26 9:26, international trade issues, Fan Lihong First, the influence of regional service trade rules on multilateral rules The influence of regional rules on the multilateral system is two-sided in the field of service trade: 1, the rules of regional trade in services have a positive impact on the multilateral trading system. It can be summed up in three aspects: (1) the regional service trade rule also takes the liberalization of trade in services as the goal, and complements the multilateral trading system to a certain extent. The regional economic integration of service trade has created trade creation effect within the regional economic group. The so-called trade creation, namely in the regional economic integration organization of free trade, domestic high cost service is replaced by other members of the low cost of service, to provide the original by their service provider now from other regional member countries to import, new trade creation. By importing low-cost services from other member countries instead of the original high cost services, the country can turn the resources from the high cost of production to low cost services to obtain benefits. Free trade can make world economic welfare maximization, and regional economic integration at least between the regional member countries to cancel restrictions on trade with each other, although foreign trade protectionism is strict, it is trade liberalization a suboptimal choice. (2) the rules of regional service trade can realize the institutionalization of the free trade in services in the region, and resist the trade protectionism among some members of the domestic interest groups in the region. Due to the rapid development and diversification and internationalization of service trade trend, because of increasing trade in services