非最惠國待遇（non-MFN）之複邊服務貿易協定：世界貿易組織的另一內爆行為

The Proposed Non-MFN Plurilateral Trade in Services Agreement: Another Act of WTO Implosion

被視為有效的全球貿易自由化團體的世界貿易組織（WTO）正遭遇大麻煩，而其問題的來源不是外在而是內在。會員國，尤其是國際貿易的主要大國或大區塊如美國與歐洲聯盟（EU）難辭其咎。當世貿組織需要強而有力的多邊領導與支持時，這些強權們卻口是心非，說的是一回事，而做的卻是一些對WTO運作有害的舉動。WTO的從內部崩解將會持續，除非會員國中止他們不尊重與不履行該組織核心原則，尤其是最惠國待遇（MFN），這是WTO的最主要的比較利益，WTO也是唯一能維護此一根本價值的機構。堅持維護WTO的MFN原則不僅確保該組織的運作，並且存在的有意義。如果複邊談判（plurilateral negotiations）不幸被默認為巴里後模式（post-Bali way），也應該是與WTO的這些原則一致，且必須是在WTO內以透明的「關鍵多數決」（critical mass）門檻來確保所有會員國的最惠國待遇。

The WTO as an effective global trade liberalization body is in deep trouble, and the causes are from within not outside. Members, especially the key players in international trade like the US and EU, are squarely to blame. At a time when strong multilateral leadership and support for the WTO is needed, these hegemony economies are preaching one thing but adopting actions that are at the heart of the WTO's demise. The WTO's implosion will continue unless Members stop driving it into the ground by not respecting and implementing its core principles, especially of most-favoured-nation, the WTO's main comparative advantage; it is the only institution capable of defending this fundamental value.