论GATT第24条对RTAs与区域经济一体化的规范

Regulation to RTAs and Territorial Economy Integration in Article 24 of GATT

GATT24条及其谅解明确了RTAs和区域经济一体化在WTO体制下的合法性,并对其中的关税同盟和自由贸易区以及导致关税同盟和自由贸易区形成的临时协定作了较为具体的规范。但仅就这些条款而言,在一些关键和细节问题上依然具有很大的不确定性,需要结合其他条款和立法背景进行正确理解,并在实践中灵活运用。通过对GATT第24条的深入剖析,本文对一些较为模糊的认识进行了澄清,认为区域经济一体化应理解为GATT最惠国待遇的例外,所有区域经济一体化的形式都有可能在GATT取得合法的地位,GATT对关税同盟与自由贸易区的规范持续到其建立之后。

Article 24 of GATT and its entante state the RTAs and the validity of territorial economy integration in WTO system. With further analysis to Article 24 of GATT, the thesis helps up understand some unclear points like the territorial economy integration should be understood as the exception of most-favored-nation clause of GATT, all patterns of territorial economy integration are possible to be legalized by GATT, and regulations of GATT to the custom alliance and the free-trade area last till after its establishment.