国际贸易体系改革应基于三点共识
本周，欧盟委员会和加拿大相继推出WTO改革概念文件和草案。再过一周，随着WTO上诉机构毛里求斯籍法官斯旺森即将到期离任，WTO上诉机构可能陷入无法正常运转的境地。全球多边贸易体系正面临史上最严重危机。
8月27日，美国否决了法官斯旺森第二个任期的任命。这就意味着，斯旺森法官在9月30日到期离职后，上诉机构将仅剩3名法官.据分析，到2019年底，上诉机构可能就只剩下一名法官。
本周，欧盟委员会和加拿大相继推出WTO改革概念文件和草案。再过一周，随着WTO上诉机构毛里求斯籍法官斯旺森即将到期离任，WTO上诉机构可能陷入无法正常运转的境地。全球多边贸易体系正面临史上最严重危机。
8月27日，美国否决了法官斯旺森第二个任期的任命。这就意味着，斯旺森法官在9月30日到期离职后，上诉机构将仅剩3名法官.据分析，到2019年底，上诉机构可能就只剩下一名法官。
如何推动WTO改革，需要世界主要经济体达成如下重要共识：
第一、 化解美国对上诉机构的阻挠。欧盟警告，如果美国继续阻挠上诉机构展开法官遴选活动，那么WTO争端解决机制最多只能维持到2019年12月。
第二、 把保护主义和单边主义关进笼子里。单边主义和贸易保护主义做法，严重损害了WTO权威，破坏了全球多边贸易规则。
第三、 坚持协商一致的原则。 “协商一致”原则是WTO谈判机制的基本原则之一，有助于平衡实力不对等的发达成员与发展中成员的权利和义务。
THE REFORM OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE SYSTEM SHOULD
BE BASED ON THREE POINTS OF CONSENSUS
THIS WEEK, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND CANADA LAUNCHED A CONCEPT PAPER AND A DRAFT OF WTO REFORM. AFTER ONE WEEK, WITH THE EXPIRY OF MAURITIUS JUDGE SWARDSON FOR WTO APPELLATE BODY, THE WTO APPELLATE BODY MAY FALL INTO A SITUATION WHERE IT CANNOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE GLOBAL MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM IS FACING THE WORST CRISIS IN HISTORY.
ON AUGUST 27TH,THE UNITED STATES REJECTED THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE SWANSON FOR A SECOND TERM. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE ONLY THEREE JUDGES IN THE APPEALS CHAMBER AFTER JUDGE SWANSON LEFT OFFICE. IT'S ANALYSED THAT THERE MAY BE ONLY ONE JUDGE IN THE APPEALS CHABER BY THE END OF 2019.
HOW TO PROMOTE WTO REFORM THAT REQUIRES THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT CONSENSUS AMONG THE WORLD 'S MAJOR ECONOMICS:
FIRST,DEFUSE UNITED STATES OBSTRUCTION OF THE APPELLATE BODY. THE EUOPEAN UNION WARNED THAT THE WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MACHANISM WILL ONLY LAST UNTIL DECEMBER 2019 IF THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO OBSTRUCT APPEALS BODIES IN THEIR SELECTION OF JUDGES.
SECOND,CAGE PROTECTIONISM AND UNILATERALISM. UNILATERALISM AND PRTECTIONIST SERIOUSLY UNDERMINE THE AUTHORITY OF THE WTO AND GLOBAL MULTILATERAL TRADE RULES.
THIRDLY, INSISTING THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSENSUS. THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSENSUS IS ONE OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE WTO NEGOTIATION MECHANISM WHICH HELPS TO BALANCE THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING MEMBERS WITH UNEQUAL STRENGTH.
