海合会与欧盟自贸区谈判的回顾与展望

GCC-EU FTA Negotiations: Past and Future

海合会与欧盟有关建立自贸区的谈判已经持续了20多年。2008年欧盟在与海合会签署自贸区协议的最后一刻突然反悔,拒绝在协议文本上签字,海合会方面随后愤而宣布搁置与欧盟的相关谈判。双方在这一问题上的互不妥协立场,导致谈判再陷僵局。本文试图通过分析双方的经贸关系、回顾双方的谈判历程,来探讨谈判陷入僵局的深层次原因以及打破这种僵局的可能性,并为正在进行的中国与海合会之间的自贸区谈判提供政策建议。

The marathon GCC-EU free trade agreement negotiations have dragged on for over two decades. In 2008, the European Union hesitated at the last minute and refused to sign a draft agreement. The Gulf Cooperation Council then suspended the negotiations. Intransigence on both sides resulted in a deadlock. This article tries to explore the root causes of the impasse and the possibility for breaking the deadlock by analyzing GCC-EU economic and trade relations and reviewing the negotiation process, hoping to shed some light on the ongoing FTA negotiations between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council..