竞争性自由贸易区发展趋势研判

On the Trend of Competitive Free Trade Zone Development Cui Qingbo, Liang Shuanglu

自由贸易区已经成为大国竞争与合作的重要平台,不同自由贸易区之间已经呈现出日益显著的异质性。根据形成机制的差异,可以把自由贸易区划分为自发性和竞争性两类。在竞争性自由贸易区的构建过程中,伙伴国以外的第三方因素是决定新自由贸易区形成的决定性因素,所寻求的也是一种间接性的潜在收益。在国际竞争新形势下我国应该积极应对和构建竞争性自由贸易区。

Free Trade Areas （FTAs） have become an important platform for competition and cooperation among big Powers, and the difference among FTAs show a more significant heterogeneity. According to the diverse of the formation mechanism, FTAs are divided into Spontaneous FTAs and Competitive FTAs in this research. The Competitive FTAs tend to seek some indirect potential earnings which are primarily depended on the third partners outside of the FTAs. It is a priority for China to build Competitive FTAs in the background of international competition.