南共市与海合会自贸区谈判及合作前景

An Analysis of the Process and Cooperation Prospect of the FTA Negotiations between Mercosur and the GCC

作为南美和阿拉伯世界两个重要的地区合作组织,南共市与海合会自贸区谈判开始于2005年5月召开的首届南美—阿拉伯国家首脑会议期间,并在此后取得一系列进展。但因南共市与海合会在石油产品关税上的主要分歧以及2010年底迄今阿拉伯大变局的影响,双方的自贸区谈判目前暂时陷入停滞。本文将尝试分析南共市与海合会进行自贸区谈判的政治与经济动因,并探讨双方建立自贸区的可行性与未来发展前景。

As two important regional cooperation organizations of South America and the Arab world, Mercosur and GCC have negotiated FTA since the First Summit of South American-Arab Nations held in May 2005. And they have made much progress since then. However, the FTA negotiations between both sides temporarily stalled because of the difference of the tariff of petroleum products and the turbulence in Arab world since the end of 2010.This paper will try to analyze the political and economic reasons behind the knitting FTA between Mercosur and GCC, and also discuss its feasibility and the prospect of cooperation.