日本与WTO争端解决机制

在GATT时代,日本在争端解决机制中比较被动,败诉相对较多。到了WTO时代,日本开始积极参与WTO争端解决机制,积极运用这一机制维护日本的国际贸易利益,并取得了较大的成功,出现了胜多败少的局面。日本这一变化的内在动力来自日本以入世为契机成功实现了贸易政策从以往的保护主义向自由贸易转换,可以在WTO争端解决机制舞台上以自由贸易的形象示人,并为此进行了WTO争端解决机构上诉机构大法官的人事布局,一直保持了日本人的上诉机构大法官的席位。日本的这一成果可以为我国所借鉴。

Japan and the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

In the GATT era, Japan was quite passive in the GATT’s dispute settlement. Japan had a high lost rate. But to the WTO era, Japan began to actively participate in WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism, and use it to maintain its own international trade interests. Japan has achieved a lot of success in the dispute settlement. The internal driving force of this change in Japan come from the policy conversion from protectionism to free trade, with Japan’s WTO accession as an opportunity. Therefore Japan can image itself as a free trade actor. Japan conducted a personnel layout in order that make Japanese access into WTO Appellate Body. Later, Japan has maintained successfully Japanese’s Judge seat of the Appellate Body. China should learn from Japan’s these results.