自贸协定中投资自由化水平评价——基于哥伦比亚三个主要自贸协定的研究

The Level of Investment Liberalization in FTAs——Based on Three FTAs of Colombia

近几十年来,自由贸易协定投资条款的深化发展不仅改善了经贸合作双方的投资环境,而且在推动多边和双边的经济一体化过程中发挥了重要作用。文章以跨太平洋伙伴关系协定(TPP)的投资章节为研究对象,对哥伦比亚与美国、韩国及墨西哥三国签署的自由贸易协定投资章节进行文本内容的定性比较分析和投资自由化水平的定量评价。分析发现,哥伦比亚与发达国家美国的自由贸易协定投资自由化水平较高,其次为韩国,与发展中国家墨西哥的投资自由化水平最低。通过对行业层面的投资开放度分析发现,金融与保险、教育、艺术、娱乐和文娱以及健康和社会工作是哥伦比亚对外资开放的敏感领域。文章关于哥伦比亚现有自由贸易协定投资领域承诺水平、开放程度以及对外资敏感行业的研究有助于在理论上进一步完善自贸区谈判投资自由化评价分析体系,同时特别地为中哥自由贸易协定投资领域的谈判提供研究依据。

Taking the investment terms of the TransPacific Partnership Agreement(TPP)as the benchmark,the paper analyzes the level of investment liberalization of Colombia's3free trade agreements(FTAs),namely the ColombiaUS,the ColombiaSouth Korea,and the ColombiaMexico FTA.The paper notes that the ColombiaUS FTA has the highest level of investment liberalization,followed by the ColombiaSouth Korea FTA and the ColombiaMexico FTA.Exploration of investment openness at the industry level reveals that finance and insurance,education,arts and entertainment,as well as health and social work are Colombia's most sensitive areas to foreign investment.The study contributes to further improving the system of analysis and measurement of investment liberalization in FTA negotiations theoretically,which also serves as the reference for negotiations on investment issues in the SinoColombia FTA.