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新年伊始,美国总统里根和加拿大总理马尔罗尼分别在两国签署了美加自由贸易协定。这份长达2500页的协定规定,从1989年1月1日起的10年内,美加两国相互逐步取消对绝大多数商品和劳务的关税;除农产品和其他个别项目外,任何一方都不许对对方的进口或出口实行配额限制;双方同意成立一个解决贸易争端的仲裁机构;双方还就汽车、能源、投资等领域作了互惠规定。该协定如被两国议会最终批准并付诸实施,美加可能成为世界上最大的双边自由贸易区。有人认为它还将形成对欧洲共同体的抗衡力量。因此,这不仅是美加两国关系中的一件大事,而且将对国际贸易的格局产生重大影响。
At the beginning of the new year, US President Reagan and Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney signed the US-Canada Free Trade Agreement in the two countries respectively. The 2,500-page agreement stipulates that within 10 years from January 1, 1989, the U.S. and U.S. gradually canceled tariffs on most of the goods and services; with the exception of agricultural products and other individual items, no one party shall allow it. Quota restrictions have been imposed on the other party’s imports or exports; the two sides agreed to set up an arbitration agency to resolve trade disputes; the two sides also provided reciprocity provisions in the areas of automobiles, energy, and investment. If the agreement is finally approved by the two parliaments and implemented, the United States and Canada may become the world’s largest bilateral free trade zone. Some people think that it will also form a counterbalancing force against the European Community. Therefore, this is not only a major event in the relations between the United States and Canada, but also will have a major impact on the pattern of international trade.