CPTPP投资争端解决机制的演进与中国的对策

Evolution of the ISDS Mechanism in the CPTPP and China's Countermeasures

与《跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》相比,《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》在投资争端解决机制方面变化比较大。它允许成员方通过"冻结条款"和换文等方式进一步限制可以提交投资仲裁的争端范围。这样的变化反映出全球范围内投资争端解决机制正处于大变革中。没有美国参与的《全面与进步跨太平洋伙伴关系协定》成功签署也说明了国际投资立法已经由21世纪初的美国主导向多元化路径发展。尽管我国不是该协定的成员方,但协定体现出日本主导亚太区域乃至全球投资法制话语权的野心,也会对我国的亚太自贸区建设和"一带一路"建设产生影响。对此,我国应积极推动《区域全面经贸协定》谈判,在投资争端解决机制改革方面积极发出自己的声音,并推动国际投资法制向更加均衡的方向发展。

Compared with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement,the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement has undergone significant changes in the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. It allows members to further restrict the scope of disputes that can be submitted to investment arbitration through "suspended provisions"and side letters. Such changes reflect that the global investment dispute settlement mechanism is undergoing major changes. The successful signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement without the participation of the United States also shows that the international investment regime has evolved from the Americanization in the early 21 st century to the current pluralistic path. Although China is not a member of the agreement,the agreement reveals Japan’s ambition to dominate the discourse of Asia-Pacific region’s and even the world’s investment legal system,and will also have an impact on Chinan’s construction of the Asia-Pacific Free Trade Zone and the construction of the Belt and Road. In this regard,China should actively promote the negotiation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements,actively make its own voice in the reform of the investment dispute settlement mechanism,and promote a more balanced development of the international investment legal regime.