WTO法律框架下中国纺织品特别保障措施研究

A Study on China’s Textile Specific Safeguard Clause under the WTO Legal Framework

作为中国加入世界贸易组织必须遵守的国际条约义务之一,《中国加入工作组报告书》第242条的纺织品特别保障措施条款用语松散,极易造成WTO成员方对该条款的滥用。本文分析了WTO法律体制的条约解释原则,在这些原则以及WTO条约解释实践的基础上,对第242段进行了法律解释,并分析了欧盟、美国的相关立法以及美国的相关实践,以澄清该条款用语的含糊之处,保证条款的正确运用,维护WTO体系的完整性和权威性,维护中国加入世界贸易组织的利益。

As one of the international obligations of China’s being a WTO Member,paragraph 242 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China,the so called"textile specific safeguard clause",raises legal concerns for its possible abusive applications due to the lack of the due process stipulations and the language ambiguities of this paragraph.This article analyzes the treaty inter-pretation principles of the WTO legal system,interprets the paragraph 242 in accordance with these principles as well as the WTO legal practices on treaty interpretation,analyzes the correspondent legislations of the EU and the USA,and analyzes a legal practice of the USA under its legislation.The purposes of this article is to clarify the language ambiguities of the paragraph 242,to assure the rightful legal applications of the paragraph 242,to maintain the integrity and au-thoritativeness of the WTO system,and to safeguard the benefits that China is entitled as a Member of the WTO.