Domestic Capacity and the Implementation Gap in Regional Trade Agreements
Domestic Capacity and the Implementation Gap in Regional Trade Agreements
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国内能力和区域贸易协定的执行差距
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2014
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J. Gray
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J. Gray
世界各地的区域贸易协定（RTAs）都有许多相同的制度特征--从争端解决机制到法律化的语言，以逃避条款--并支持许多相同的目标。但其中许多功能在世界各地的不同情况下都没有实现。许多观察家指出了区域贸易协定中的“执行差距”-大多数区域贸易协定承诺很多，但兑现相对较少-但没有对这一差距作出解释。我认为这是由国内能力造成的。在法治薄弱、基础设施不完善的国家，特别是当这些因素相互作用时，很难执行贸易协定。本文利用专家调查数据证明，基础设施薄弱、不尊重法治的成员国无法履行其在贸易协定中商定的义务。国内能力----无论是物质能力还是体制能力----可以解释协定承诺和实现之间的执行差距，以及这些区域贸易协定经济绩效的差异。
Regional trade agreements (RTAs) all over the world share many of the same institutional features—from dispute-settlement mechanisms to legalized language to escape clauses—and espouse many of the same goals. But many of those features are unimplemented in different contexts across the world. Many observers have pointed to an “implementation gap” in RTAs—most of which promise much but deliver relatively little—but offer no explanation for this gap. I argue that this is explained by domestic capacity. In countries where the rule of law is weak and infrastructure is insufficient—and particularly when those elements interact—it is difficult to implement trade agreements. This article utilizes expert survey data to demonstrate that member states with poor infrastructure and little respect for the rule of law are unable to carry out the obligations they agree to in their trade agreements. Domestic capacity—both physical and institutional—can explain the implementation gap between what agreements promise and what they deliver, as well as the variation in the economic performance of these RTAs.