拜登政府劳工政策及其对中美贸易谈判的影响

The Biden Administration’s Labor Policy and Its Impact on Sino-US Trade Negotiations

作为美国工人与政府之间的利益协调者,美国工会是重要的政治参与者,在美国的政治经济决策和国际经贸谈判中具有较大的影响力。尽管近年来工会的会员率有所下降,但其政治影响力不容忽视。自就任美国总统后,拜登将自己定位为几十年来最支持工会的总统,并提出了一系列保护工人权益和工会组织权的劳工政策,致力于以工会复苏来重塑中产阶级社会,以劳工权益保护来打造“国际人权联盟”,进而确保其在中美博弈中的优势地位。就目前而言,拜登政府主要将其劳工政策与工会复苏、基础设施建设和中美竞争联系起来,这将对未来的中美经贸谈判产生一定的影响。

As the coordinator between American workers and the government, American labor unions are important political players, which can influence political and economic decision-making and international economic activities. Although the membership of labor unions has declined in recent years, their political influence cannot be ignored. After winning the presidential election, Biden positioned himself as the most pro-union president, proposed a series of policies to protect the workers and the labor unions, and is committed to reshaping the middle-class through the recovery of labor unions. Furthermore, he desires to establish a new“international league for human rights”for the protection of labor rights. These policies aim to ensure an advantageous position for the United States in the Sino-US competition. At present, the Biden administration primarily links its labor policy with the recovery of labor unions, infrastructure construction, and the Sino-US competition. As such, these directives will impact the Sino-US trade negotiations in the future.