试论美国赌博案裁决对国际电子商务法的影响

The Effect of US-Gambling Verdict on the Law of International Electronic Commerce

以美国赌博案为基础,考查WTO/GATS规则和承诺是否以及如何适用于跨境电子商务。跨境电子商务应当定性为跨境提供模式而不是境外消费模式,现有及今后的GATS模式1承诺可以适用于跨境电子商务。该案承认了模式内技术中性概念,一项GATS模式1承诺可以涵盖通过所有手段或方式提供的服务,WTO成员应当同等对待通过各种不同手段或方式跨境提供的服务,包括电子商务。本案明确了通过GATS规制和发展跨境电子商务的基本法律框架,必将对国际电子商务及其法律的发展产生深远影响。

On the basis of US-Gambling case, the objective of the thesis studies whether the rules and commitments of WTO/GATS should be used in international electronic commerce and how to. International electronic commerce is an international supply instead of international consume. The US-Gambling case confessed the concept of neutral technology. A GATS mode 1 includes all the services through all kinds of methods and means. WTO members should treat them equally. The above case approved the basic frame work of development of international electronic commerce through GATS rules, and will surly exert and significant influence on the law of international electronic commerce.