中美双边投资协定谈判:共识、分歧与展望

Negotiations on the Bilateral Investment Treaty between China and the USA:Consensus,Controversies and Prospect

2012年10月中美两国重启双边投资条约(BIT)谈判。目前,双方已基本达成共识的主要条款包括序言、投资者的范围、最惠国待遇、公正与公平待遇、间接征收和拒绝授惠条款。双方的分歧集中在国民待遇、业绩要求、劳工与环保标准,以及投资者与东道国争端解决机制中的若干条款。其中,分歧最大也是最难解决的是国民待遇问题。作者针对这些分歧提出了有建设性的解决方案,并认为,双方通过谈判和妥协达成的BIT将对世界投资条约法制产生重要影响。

The negotiation on the bilateral investment treaty between China and the USA was reopened in October 2012.So far,the two parties have almost reached agreements on preamble,scope of investor,most-favored-nation treatment,fair and equitable treatment,indirect expropriation,and denial of benefits.The controversies between the two parties focus on national treatment,performance requirement,labor and environment standard,and some provisions on investor-state dispute settlement.Among them,the most disputed and difficult issue is national treatment.The authors suggest some constructive solutions to these controversial issues,and believe that the future concluded China-US BIT based on negotiations and compromise will play a significant role in the global investment treaty regime.