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icy Watch: Brief Analysis of the Intellectual Property Sections of Three Influential International Trade Agreements and one Bilateral Trade Agreement

ing the scale and potential of Chinese economy, the 娆ф床璁??褰???堕?2021骞?5??20?ラ???浜??缁?腑
FDI of EU in China is still a modest sum. 娆ф?璧??瀹??璁????21?ワ?涓??澶?氦?ㄥ?瑷?浜鸿档
According to the core of the Agreement in Principle 绔???ㄤ?琛?????涓?〃绀猴?涓???????????浠?
published by the European Commission on 30th De- 骞宠　????╁?璧㈢????锛?????瀵硅????璧???腑
cember 2020, if the CAI is concluded, it will replace ?瑰?缁????????杩???瑰?浣??甯??娆ф????浠?
the Bilateral Investment Treaty between China and all ?稿????锛??涓?浜??缁??娉??澶??浜???ф?????
the EU member states (except Ireland), and agree to 浣??绗????韩?╃????纭??瀹???痉?芥?荤?榛??灏?
the terms related to market access. The CAI will im- ?ュ?濯??????惰〃绀猴?濂瑰?浠ョ户缁?负??2013骞?
prove environment for fair competition and reduce 璧峰氨寮?濮???ょ?涓?????????????涓????环?兼?
market access barriers in order to achieve investment 淇???????????藉????锛??娲插??稿?涓?????
liberalization. In addition to rules on prohibition of ?哄??ュ?寰???瑰?锛??????ゅ??冲伐???涔??寰?
compulsory technology transfer, CAI will be the first ?拌В?炽???濂瑰??舵?璁わ????浜???惰???娇娆ф床璁?
to require state-owned enterprises to perform certain 浼?????????村??伴???
obligations , fully disclose the subsidies and commits
on sustainable development. CAI will make sure that 4. 浠??ETA
EU investors can more easily enter the consuming mar-
ket with a 1.4 billion population, and that they can ETA绯讳?2020骞?1??15?ョ?璁??涓昏?瑕??涓??涓?
compete in a fair competition environment in China. ?藉?缁??璐告?璋??杩??涓??????稿?璁??锛????
This has significant meaning for global competitiveness ?ヨ?浜ф??????浆璁┿????????骇??锤???????
and future development of EU industry. ??????瑙??娴??绛???????棰?????搴????澶?
On 30th December 2020, after negotiations 35 times 璐告?绛?????6??
over 7 years, the leaders of China and EU jointly an-
nounced the conclusion of CAI negotiations as sched- 缇??璐告?浠ｈ〃?寸?2021骞?5??5?ュ????????ャ??
uled. However, since 2021, the China-EU relations 缁??????鸿????璁??琛ㄧず锛??????ㄢ???????
went into a sharp downturn. In March 2021, the EU 浼??濂圭?涓??瀵瑰?瀹??锛??璁哄?璇?及?规??????
imposed sanctions on the certain individuals and enti- 涓ゅ?杈炬????涓??舵?璐告??????ス杩?〃绀猴?缇??
ties in China on the grounds of infringement of hu- ?版?搴???ㄧ?????垮?涓?腑?借揪???璐告??????
man rights, while China decided to impose counter- 纭?涓?户缁?????灏??绗???舵????杩?画?с??
sanctions on the relevant individuals and entities in
the EU. Later, the EU announced the cancellation of ?规?ETA锛?腑?芥?璇哄?2021骞村????璐?拱2000浜?
ratification meetings of the CAI. In May 2020, Val- 缇??????藉???????锛?苟???璐告?澹???????
dis Dombrovskis, the Vice President of the European ?剧ず锛????2020骞村勾涓??涓?????浜?????褰?腑
Commissioner for Trade said, due to ??eterioration in 澶ф?50%???璇恒??2020骞?10??23?ワ?缇??璐告?浠?
EU-China diplomatic relationship?? after their mutual 琛ㄥ????????藉?涓?????????ュ?锛?О涓??宸?
sanctions, the ratification of CAI was ??aused??. How- 缁?喘涔颁?浠峰?艰?杩?230浜跨??????骇???绾??绗?
ever, the EU later denied such statement and stated that 涓??舵?????????71%??
CAI is still in the legal ratification process, so far, the
question on whether CAI can still be officially signed 2021骞?4??1?ワ?缇??璐告?浠ｈ〃???瀹ゅ?甯??
remains uncertain5. ??2021骞村?瀹惰锤???浼版??????瀹???规????搴?
On 20th May 2021 (Europe local time), the Euro- 涓?腑?界?璁㈢?涓??绗???舵?璐告????锛?О?垛??缓
pean parliament has voted to freeze any consideration 绔??寮烘????浜??瑙ｅ?绯荤?锛??纭??杩???????
of China-EU agreement on investment. On 21st May 瀹?????琛?????
2021, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Zhao
Lijian, said at regular press conference that the CAI is 涓?????锛??????垮?甯?????缇??瀵瑰?璐告???
宸?????涔??????般???缇??缁??锛?2020骞翠腑
5 Recently, the EU has announced that the Agreement is un-
der further considered. 6 ??腑??汉姘??????垮?????╁?????芥?搴??娴?锤???
璁???????绾?????涓??涓ゅぇ缁??浣?腑?藉?缇??涔?????涓?
8 ?舵?璐告??????????缁?????涓ゅぇ缁??浣???╋????妯＄?
璐告??????????涓??浠???借喘涔板法棰??浜у????瀹???

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