世界贸易组织《贸易便利化协定》背景下的单一窗口

Single Window in the Context of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

本篇论文立足于一个研究项目的结果,而该研究旨在通过向贸易利益攸关方提供有助于澳大利亚建立服务于贸易单一窗口的视角,来支持澳大利亚政府的贸易便利化议程。此外,澳大利亚的报告回顾了公认权威的国际机构就这一问题颁布的标准和最佳做法,包括世界贸易组织的《贸易便利化协定》(TFA)。这可能是自《贸易便利化协定》实施以来,第一个由主要发达贸易国的私营部门推动的单一窗口研究,该研究的一些方面在该协定更广阔的全球背景下似乎显现出相关性,而本文讨论的正是这些方面。本文结论是,所有TFA签署方都需要认真考虑其根据协定执行的优先事项。为此,本文提出了基于原始研究项目的系列结论,这些结论与TFA的所有签署成员都有关,无论它们处于什么样的发展水平。

This paper is based on the findings of a research project that was designed to support the Australian government’s trade facilitation agenda by providing a trade stakeholder position on the development of an effective Australian single window for trade.Among other things,the Australian report examined the standards and best practices promulgated by recognised international authorities on this subject,including the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement(TFA).As this was possibly the first study on single window driven by the private sector of a major developed trading country since implementation of the TFA,certain aspects of the study would seem to be relevant in the larger global context of that agreement and it is these aspects which are discussed in this paper.The paper concludes that all TFA signatories need to carefully consider their implementation priorities under the agreement.In doing so,it presents a series of conclusions from the original research that has relevance to all TFA signatory countries,regardless of their development status.