欧印自贸协定谈判重启的动因及其前景

The Motivation and Prospects of the Restart of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement

2021年5月8日,欧盟和印度同意重启自贸协定谈判,并发表联合声明。欧印自贸协定谈判的重启是双边政治需要:欧盟构建多元化供应链和开拓亚洲市场,印度转移国内矛盾和开辟欧洲市场及双方"共同对抗中国"等。但其重启面临着市场准入问题协调难度大、印度国内贸易保护主义盛行、欧盟希望印度替代中国的希望渺茫等现实,前景并不乐观。总体上看,欧印自贸协定谈判的重启将影响中国海外市场的发展,阻碍"一带一路"建设的推进,使得中欧、中印经贸合作关系更加复杂。

On May 8, 2021, the EU and India agreed to restart free trade agreement negotiations and issued a joint statement. The restart of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement is the result of bilateral political needs. The EU has built a diversified supply chain and opened up Asian markets, India has passed on domestic contradictions and opened up the European market, and the bilateral "jointly confronted China" and other factors have worked together. At present, the restart of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement is facing difficulties in coordinating market access issues, India’s domestic trade protectionism is prevailing, and the EU’s hope that India will replace China is slim, and the prospects are not optimistic. The restart of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement not only affects China’s development in overseas markets, but also hinders the advancement of the "Belt and Road" initiative, making China-EU and China-India economic and trade cooperation more complicated.