西欧与第三世界国家的经贸关系

Economic and Trade Relations between Wastern Europe and the Third World

近些年来,西欧与第三世界国家的经贸关系继续有所发展,并出现了一些新的变化。本文着重对其现状、特点和发展趋势作一浅析。一 (一)西欧与发展中国家经济合作关系有了进一步的发展。表现主要是: 1.欧共体与非加太国家集团续签第4个洛美协定。1989年12月15日,欧共体与非加太国家集团签订为期10年的第4个洛美协定(其中财政援助协定为期5年),受援国从66个扩大到69个,欧共体提供的财政援助和低息贷款总额为120亿欧洲货币单位,其中为非加太国家专门设立一项为数12亿欧洲货币单位的“经济结构调整基金”。

In recent years, the economic and trade relations have further developed betweenWestern Europe and the Third World countries. This is mainly manifested by thefollowing facts: First, the European Community has further signed the Fourth LomcConvention with the community of African, Carribbean and the Pacific region coun-tries, thus strengthening the economic and trade cooperation with Northern Africa,the Middle East and the Gulf countries. It pays great attention to promoting itscooperation with the Asian Pacific region and increasingly tightens its economicrelations with Latin American countries or regional groups. Second, the volume oftrade between Western Europe and the developing countries is on the increase. Third,West European countries have adopted some effective measures in reducing the debtsof some of the developing countries and appropriately increasing aids to them, there-fore further promoting the development of their relations with developing countries.But at the same time, the West European countries put forward some additionalconditions benefitial to the West and shifted their aid focus from the African-Carri-bean-Pacific region to Northern Africa and the Asian-pacific region. Although the development of the economic and trade relations between WesternEurope and the developing countries will proceed ahead to some extent, it will be aslow and more difficult one.