"亚洲间贸易"论的理论述评及其现实意义

传统的贸易史学认为,19世纪中叶以后,日本及亚洲各国或地区由于资本主义经济的不发达,在世界经济体系中始终处于一种从属性的地位。但日本经济史学家杉原薰通过把亚洲作为一个整体对象进行研究,提出了在学术界具有相当影响力的"亚洲间贸易"论,指出在亚洲内部存在着独自的贸易结构,这一结构以"棉业基轴体制"为核心内容、由商人主导并通过亚洲型商品链的形成而展开。因此,这是一个从欧美获得了相对自主性、显示了其自身发展逻辑的区域内贸易。本文的目的是对"亚洲间贸易"论的理论内涵进行述评,并探讨该理论对当今中国的经济发展所具有的现实意义。

"INTRA-ASIAN TRADE" THEORY AND ITS CONTEMPORARY MEANINGS

Previous studies on trade history generally suggested that Japan and all the major countries or areas in Asia always played a subordinate role in the world economic system because of their underdeveloped capitalist economy.However,Japanese historian Sugihara,K.presented the "intra-Asian trade" theory,which has become very influential in academic world.Focusing his attention on the interior of whole Asia,Sugihara revealed that there was a peculiar trade structure,which operated through the axis system of cot...