Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University.
华盛顿—俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵提高了每个人对全球问题和联动性的认识。除了地缘政治和国防问题外,人们重新关注国际贸易状况。在延续特朗普的破坏性贸易政策一年多之后,美国总统拜登政府似乎终于认识到了牢固的贸易关系的重要性。美国正在与欧盟进行磋商扩大贸易和技术方面的合作,与其他国家磋商农业等问题。
扭转特朗普遗产的大好机会在6 月,届时, 164 个成员国和 25 个观察员国的贸易部长将在日内瓦举行世界贸易组织第 12 届部长级会议。这次会议可谓正逢其时。世界经济迫切需要复兴世贸组织,让它发挥特朗普担任总统之前所发挥的宝贵作用。
正是由于世贸组织及其前身《关税与贸易总协定》,开放的多边贸易体制在二战后的70年里大获成功。美国居功甚伟,领导世界创立了它并支持它的发展。成员国同意让其贸易受法治约束,这反过来又使贸易商能够充满信心地参与国际交换。
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