中国应对中美双边投资协定谈判

US-China Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations: China's Policy Choice

2014年以来,中美双边投资协定谈判进入新的发展阶段。党的十八届三中全会相关规定强化了中美双边投资协定的意义,并为文本谈判指明了方向;中美、中欧双边投资协定谈判的同时进行,为中国在全球新一轮贸易投资规则重塑中由被动转向主动提供了机遇。2014年1月、3月和6月的三轮中美BIT谈判开始文本谈判。本文就中美BIT谈判新阶段的两大重点问题,即文本内容确定和制度调整进行分析,并提出中国在核心条款方面的谈判建议。制度分析是研究中美BIT谈判不可或缺的一环,中方必须充分研究美方对外经济政策的决策机制及特点,了解其背后的利益角力,否则,将很难彻底摸清对方的要价,容易使谈判原地徘徊。中国要从全球政治经济布局及中美政治经济关系角度来审视谈判,在"以开放促改革"总体思路下,审慎推进,并平衡各部门的利益冲突。

The US-China bilateral investment negotiations have entered a new phase this year. The reportof the Third Plenary Session of the 18 th Communist Party of China Central Committee hasprovided directions for the US-China BIT negotiations. The concurrent Sino-US and Sino-EUBIT negotiations will enhance China's role in global trade governance. Text negation has beenstarted in the three rounds of Sino-US BIT negotiations in January, March and June this year.Text negotiation and regulation adjustment are two major issues in the Sino-US BITnegotiations. This article analyzes these issues and provides suggestions for China to makepolicy choices in the negotiations. Regulation analysis is an indispensable part of the study onSino-US BIT negotiations. China must fully study the policymaking mechanism andcharacteristics of the US'foreign economic policies and have a good knowledge of how theinteraction of the different interest groups in the US influences its policymaking process.Otherwise, it would be difficult for China to grasp the real intentions of the US side, whichwould affect the progress of the negotiations. China should look at the negotiations from theperspective of global political and economic landscape and Sino-US political and economicrelations. It should prudently push forward the negotiations and balance the interests ofinvolved government departments under the principle of 'promoting reform throughopening-up'.