被忽视的经济增长机遇——中美商业服务贸易

Overlooked Opportunity for Growth:Business Services trade between China and the US

当前中美之间有一项重要的商贸机会——商业服务贸易一直被忽视。美国已经连续多年存在大量贸易逆差,亟需扩大出口,尤其是对那些经济增长较快的发展中国家的出口。对中国来说,提高制造业的价值链就需要获得工程、设计、开发、检验、市场营销、广告推广、物流和配送等多方面的高效尖端服务。目前中国的商业服务业规模还比较小,收费也比较高。虽然长期来看,教育可以解决这个问题,但短期来看,进口服务是一个合适的选择。很多服务都是可交易的,但中国对服务业贸易设置的壁垒还是较多。中美之间的商业服务贸易可开发的潜力很大,这也将给两个国家带来好处。当然,抓住这个机遇就必须要减少政策障碍。

There is an important opportunity for trade between the US and China that is currently unrealized:trade in business services.The US has run a large and persistent trade deficit for years.The US needs to export more,particularly to the large,fast-growing developing countries.For China to move up the value chain in manufacturing will require access to efficient,leading-edge services in engineering,design,development,testing,marketing,advertising,logistics,and distribution.China currently has relatively small and expensive business service sector.While education is likely to resolve this issue in the long term,in the short run it makes sense to import these types of services.Many of these services are tradable,but China has relatively high barriers to trade in services.The potential for productive trade in business services between China and the US is large,with benefits for both countries.Reducing policy impediments is a necessary condition for capitalizing on this opportunity.