碩士 / 國立海洋大學 / 航運管理學系碩士在職專班 / 92 / Since our country has become a member of the WTO - the United Nations of world trade, - our government will take into account the world organization’s major development when it formulates its policy on economy and trade.
As maritime transport service is a major tool for a nation to expand its economy and trade, the prosperity of maritime transport service is an indicator of its economic and trade prowess. The negotiations on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) have lasted for 10 years since the Uruguay Round in 1986. It is a pity that the negotiations still cannot be wrapped up as the norm of trade owing to the industry’s particularity, complexity, and conflict of interests among WTO members.
Now that the negotiations on Maritime Transport Services have entered upon the crucial round and it is also the first time that our country takes part in the negotiations in the capacity as a formal member, this paper discusses the highlights of the marine policies of various nations and the causes for the failure of the talks in the past. It also deals with the negative attitude of the United States that led to the suspension of the operations of the small group of negotiation on marine transport service. It analyzes whether there is a possibility for the US to change its mind after the September 11 Incident. On the other hand, the paper reviews the effectiveness of the past five ministerial meetings of the WTO. Lastly, the paper makes a “non-predictive” judgment on the development and the influence of the new-round negotiations based on the “multi-party non-zero sum” theory.
Among the three categories of maritime services, this paper regards that international maritime transport services have a greater opportunity to carry out liberalization. As for auxiliary services & access to and use of port services, it takes time to iron out the differences. The call for long-run follow-up talks to reach the final goals.
Finally, the paper calls on the government to assist in earnest the shipping business in digging out and resolving their problems, particularly at a time when marine transport services are still not regulated by the WTO/GATS. It is a pressing need that the government coordinates all state enterprises not to abandon their care for domestic shipping companies under the pretext of observing the “Agreement on Government Procurement.” This will deprive the government of its bargaining chips when in future negotiations other nations demand for an exchange of opening of the shipping market. This paper also asks the government to look squarely at the urgency of direct transport across the Strait. Under the framework of the WTO and for enhancing national competitiveness, the two sides should establish direct transportation to really live up to the spirit and goal of free trade.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/092NTOU1301001 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | 陳秀滿 |
| Contributors | 曾國雄 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 175 |
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