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汉英口译分类词汇 (07)-- 世贸组织词汇 译之灵翻译培训 ( 补贴协议 ) 可诉补贴 Actionable subsidy ( 纺织品与服装 农产品 ) 一体化进程 Integration process ( 服务贸易 ) 境外消费 Consumption abroad ( 服务贸易 ) 跨境交付 Cross border supply ( 服务贸易 ) 商业存在 Commercial presence ( 服务贸易 ) 自然人 natural person ( 服务贸易 ) 自然人流动 Presence of natural person ( 解决争端 ) 被诉方 Defendant ( 解决争端 ) 调查结果 Findings ( 解决争端 ) 上诉 Appeal ( 解决争端 ) 申诉方 Complaint ( 利益的 ) 丧失和减损 Nullification and impairment ( 农产品 ) 国内支持 Domestic support ( 农产品 ) 综合支持量 AMS (Aggregate Measurement of Support) ( 农产品国内支持 ) 黄箱措施 Amber Box measures ( 农产品国内支持 ) 蓝箱措施 BOP(Balance-of-payments) Provisions ( 农产品国内支持 ) 绿箱措施 Green Box measures ( 农业 ) 多功能性 Multifunctionality ( 欧盟 ) 共同农业政策 Common Agriculture Policy ( 争端解决 ) 专家组 Panel ( 知识产权 ) 地理标识 Geographical indications 巴黎公约 ( 关于保护工业知识产权的公约 )Paris Convention 36 巴塞尔公约 ( 有关危险废弃物的多边环境协定 )Basel Convention 北美自由贸易协定 NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) 濒危物种国际贸易公约 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species 伯尔尼公约 ( 有关保护文学和艺术作品版权的公约 )Berne Convention 多种纤维协定 MFA (Multifibre Agreement) 纺织品与服装协议 ATC (Agreement on Textiles and Clothing) 服务贸易总协定 GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) 关于争端解决规则与程序的谅解 DSU(Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes) 京都议定书 Kyoto Protocol 里斯本条约 ( 有关地理标识及其国际注册 )Lisbon Agreement 蒙特利尔议定书 ( 有关保护大气臭氧层的多边环境协定 )Montreal Protocol 农产品协议 特殊保障 SSG (Special Safeguard) 农业协议 中关于反补贴的和平条款 Peace clause 生物多样性公约 CBD(Convention on Biological Diversity) 信息技术协议 ITA (Information Technology Agreement) WTO 最不发达国家高级别会议 HLM (WTO High-level Meeting for LDCs) 北美自由贸易区 NAFTA (North American

Free Trade Area) 采取措施后 Ex post 采取措施前 Ex ante 产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis) 出口补贴 Export subsidy 出口实绩 Export performance 垂直兼并 vertical merger 当地含量 Local content 电子商务 Electronic Commerce 东部和南部非洲共同市场 COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) 东盟自由贸易区 ASEAN Free Trade Area 动植物卫生检疫措施 SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standard ) 反补贴税 Countervailing duty 反倾销措施 anti-dumping measures against 反向通知 Counter-notification 非配额产品 quota-free products 非生产性投资 investment in non-productive projects 非洲 加勒比和太平洋国家集团 ( 洛美协定 )ACP(African, Caribbean and Pacific Group) 风险管理 / 评估 risk management/ assessment 关贸总协定, 世界贸易组织的前身 GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) 规避 Circumvention 国际标准化组织 ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 国际纺织品服装局 ITCB (International Textile and Clothing Bureau) 国际货币基金组织 IMF (International Monetary Fund) 37 国际劳工组织 ILO (International Labor Organization) 国际贸易中心 ITC (International Trade Center) 国际贸易组织 ITO (International Trade Organization) 国际贸易组织临时委员会 ICITO (Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization) 国际清算 international settlement 国际收支 balance of international payments/ balance of payment 国际收支条款 BOP(Balance-of-payments) Provisions 国际兽疫组织 International Office of Epizootics 国民待遇 National treatment 国内补贴 Domestic subsidy 国内生产 Domestic production 海关估价 Customs valuation 海关完税价值 Customs value 横向兼并 horizontal merger 环保型技术 EST(Environmentally-sound technology) 灰色区域措施 Grey area measures 货币留成制度 Currency retention scheme 货币贸易理事会 CTG(Council for Trade in Goods) 基础税率 Base tariff level 既定日程 Built-in agenda 交叉报复 Cross retaliation 进口差价税 Import variable duties 进口附加税 Import surcharge 进口环节税 import linkage tax 进口渗透 Import penetration 进口替代 Import substitution 进口许可 Import licensing

进口押金 Import deposits 经济合作与发展组织 OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) 垃圾融资 junk financing 联合国环境署 UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) 联合国开发计划署 UNDP (United Nations Development Program) 联合国粮农组织 FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States) 联合国贸易与发展会议 UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) 粮食安全 Food security 慢性萧条 chronic depression 贸易和投资自由化和便利化 TILF (Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation) 贸易与发展委员会 Committee on Trade and Development 贸易与环境委员会 Committee on Trade and Environment 模式 Modalities 南方共同市场 ( 或称南锥体共同市场 ) MERCOSUR (Southern Common Market) 南亚区域合作联盟 SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional cooperation) 欧洲自由贸易联盟 EFTA (European Free Trade Association) 配额调整条款 modulation of quota clause 瓶颈制约 'bottleneck' restrictions 全球配额 global quota 上诉机构 Appeal body 申报制度 reporting system; income declaration system 38 生产补贴 Production subsidy 实行国民待遇 grant the national treatment to 实质损害 Material injury 食品法典委员会 CAC(Codex Alimentaries Commission) 世界海关组织 WCO (World Customs Organization) 世界贸易组织 WTO (World Trade Organization) 世界知识产权组织 WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) 市场准人的行政管理措施 AAMA (Administrative Aspects of Market Access) 市场准入 Market access 通知义务 Notification obligation 同类产品 Like product 乌拉圭回合 Uruguay Round 消费膨胀 inflated consumption 协调制度 ( 商品名称及编码协调制度 )HS (Harmonized Commodity and Coding System) 新议题 New issues 许可费 License fee 有秩序的市场安排 Orderly market arrangements 约束水平 Bound level 争端解决机构 Dispute Settlement Body 政府采购 Government procurement 知识产权 IPRs (Intellectual property rights) 直接支付 Direct payment 诸边协议 Plurilateral agreement 专门的营销机构 Market boards 转基因生物 GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) 祖父条款 grandfather clause 最不发达国家 LDCs (Least-developed

countries) 最初谈判权 ( 初谈权 ) INRs (Initial Negotiating Rights) 最惠国待遇 ( 现通常称 ' 正常贸易关系 ') MFN(most-favored-nation) treatment 最惠国贸易地位 ( 待遇 )MFN (Most-favored-nation)(Treatment) 39

WTO 术语英文解释 General GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which has been superseded as an international organization by the WTO. An updated General Agreement is now one of the WTO s agreements. GATT 1947 The old (pre-1994) version of the GATT. GATT 1994 The new version of the General Agreement, incorporated into the WTO, which governs trade in goods. Members WTO governments (first letter capitalized, in WTO style). MFN Most-favoured-nation treatment (GATT Article I, GATS Article II and TRIPS Article 4), the principle of not discriminating between one s trading partners.national treatment The principle of giving others the same treatment as one s own nationals. GATT Article III requires that imports be treated no less favourably than the same or similar domestically-produced goods once they have passed customs. GATS Article XVII and TRIPS Article 3 also deal with national treatment for services and intellectual property protection. TPRB, TPRM The Trade Policy Review Body is General Council operating under special procedures for meetings to review trade policies and practices of individual WTO members under the Trade Policy Review Mechanism. transparency Degree to which trade policies and practices, and the process by which they are established, are open and predictable. Uruguay Round Multilateral trade negotiations launched at Punta del Este, Uruguay in September 40 1986 and concluded in Geneva in December 1993. Signed by Ministers in Marrakesh, Morocco, in April 1994. Tariffs binding, bound see tariff binding electronic commerce The production, advertising, sale and distribution of products via telecommunications networks. free-rider A casual term used to infer that a country which does not make any trade concessions, profits, nonetheless, from tariff cuts and concessions made by other countries in negotiations under the most-favoured-nation principle. Harmonized System An international nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization, which is arranged in six digit codes allowing all participating countries to classify traded goods on a common basis. Beyond the six digit level, countries are free to introduce national distinctions for tariffs and many other purposes. ITA Information Technology Agreement, or formally the Ministerial-Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products, under which participants will remove tariffs on IT products by the year 2000. ITA II Negotiations aimed at expanding ITA s product coverage. nuisance tariff Tariff so low that it costs the government more to collect it than the revenue it generates. schedule of concessions List of bound tariff rates. tariff binding Commitment not to increase a rate of duty beyond an agreed level. Once a rate of duty is bound, it may not be raised without

compensating the affected parties. tariff escalation Higher import duties on semi-processed products than on raw materials, and higher still on finished products. This practice protects domestic processing industries and discourages the development of processing activity in the countries where raw materials originate. tariff peaks Relatively high tariffs, usually on sensitive products, amidst generally low tariff levels. For industrialized countries, tariffs of 15% and above are generally recognized as tariff peaks. tariffs Customs duties on merchandise imports. Levied either on an ad valorem basis (percentage of value) or on a specific basis (e.g. $7 per 100 kgs.). Tariffs give price advantage to similar locally-produced goods and raise revenues for the government. WCO World Customs Organization, a multilateral body located in Brussels through which participating countries seek to simplify and rationalize customs procedures. Non-tariff measures anti-dumping duties Article VI of the GATT 1994 permits the imposition of anti-dumping duties against dumped goods, equal to the difference between their export price and their normal value, if dumping causes injury to producers of competing products in the importing country. circumvention Measures taken by exporters to evade anti-dumping or countervailing duties. countervailing measures Action taken by the importing country, usually in the form of increased duties to offset subsidies given to producers or exporters in the exporting country. dumping Occurs when goods are exported at a 41 price less than their normal value, generally meaning they are exported for less than they are sold in the domestic market or third-country markets, or at less than production cost. NTMs Non-tariff measures such as quotas, import licensing systems, sanitary regulations, prohibitions, etc. price undertaking Undertaking by an exporter to raise the export price of the product to avoid the possibility of an anti-dumping duty. PSI Preshipment inspection the practice of employing specialized private companies to check shipment details of goods ordered overseas i.e. price, quantity, quality, etc. QRs Quantitative restrictions specific limits on the quantity or value of goods that can be imported (or exported) during a specific time period. rules of origin Laws, regulations and administrative procedures which determine a product s country of origin. A decision by a customs authority on origin can determine whether a shipment falls within a quota limitation, qualifies for a tariff preference or is affected by an anti-dumping duty. These rules can vary from country to country. safeguard measures Action taken to protect a specific industry from an unexpected build-up of imports governed by Article XIX of the GATT 1994. subsidy There are two general types of subsidies: export and domestic. An export subsidy is a benefit conferred on a firm by the government that is contingent on exports. A domestic subsidy is a benefit not directly linked to exports. tariffication Procedures relating to the agricultural market-access provision in which all non-tariff measures are converted into tariffs.

trade facilitation Removing obstacles to the movement of goods across borders (e.g. simplification of customs procedures). VRA, VER, OMA Voluntary restraint arrangement, voluntary export restraint, orderly marketing arrangement. Bilateral arrangements whereby an exporting country (government or industry) agrees to reduce or restrict exports without the importing country having to make use of quotas, tariffs or other import controls. Textiles and clothing ATC The WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing which integrates trade in this sector back to GATT rules within a ten-year period. carry forward When an exporting country uses part of the following year s quota during the current year. carry over When an exporting country utilizes the previous year s unutilized quota. circumvention Avoiding quotas and other restrictions by altering the country of origin of a product. CTG Council for Trade in Goods oversees WTO agreements on goods, including the ATC. integration programme The phasing out of MFA restrictions in four stages starting on 1 January 1995 and ending on 1 January 2005. ITCB International Textiles and Clothing Bureau Geneva-based group of some 20 developing country exporters of textiles and clothing. MFA Multifibre Arrangement (1974-94) under which countries whose markets are disrupted by increased imports of textiles and clothing from another country were able to negotiate quota 42 restrictions. swing When an exporting country transfers part of a quota from one product to another restrained product. TMB The Textiles Monitoring Body, consisting of a chairman plus ten members acting in a personal capacity, oversees the implementation of ATC commitments. transitional safeguard mechanism Allows members to impose restrictions against individual exporting countries if the importing country can show that both overall imports of a product and imports from the individual countries are entering the country in such increased quantities as to cause or threaten serious damage to the relevant domestic industry. Agriculture/SPS Agenda 2000 EC s financial reform plans for 2000 06 aimed at strengthening the union with a view to receiving new members. Includes reform of the CAP (see below). border protection Any measure which acts to restrain imports at point of entry. BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or mad cow disease. box Category of domestic support. Green box: supports considered not to distort trade and therefore permitted with no limits. Blue box: permitted supports linked to production, but subject to production limits and therefore minimally trade-distorting. Amber box: supports considered to distort trade and therefore subject to reduction commitments. Cairns Group Group of agricultural exporting nations lobbying for agricultural trade liberalization. It was formed in 1986 in Cairns, Australia just before the beginning of the Uruguay Round.

Current membership: Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay. CAP Common Agricultural Policy The EU s comprehensive system of production targets and marketing mechanisms designed to manage agricultural trade within the EU and with the rest of the world. Codex Alimentarius FAO/WHO commission that deals with international standards on food safety. distortion When prices and production are higher or lower than levels that would usually exist in a competitive market. deficiency payment Paid by governments to producers of certain commodities and based on the difference between a target price and the domestic market price or loan rate, whichever is the less. EEP Export enhancement programme programme of US export subsidies given generally to compete with subsidized agricultural exports from the EU on certain export markets. food security Concept which discourages opening the domestic market to foreign agricultural products on the principle that a country must be as self-sufficient as possible for its basic dietary needs. internal support Encompasses any measure which acts to maintain producer prices at levels above those prevailing in international trade; direct payments to producers, including deficiency payments, and input and marketing cost reduction measures available only for agricultural production. International Office of Epizootics Deals with international standards concerning animal health. 43 multifunctionality Idea that agriculture has many functions in addition to producing food and fibre, e.g. environmental protection, landscape preservation, rural employment, etc. See non-trade concerns. non-trade concerns Similar to multifunctionality. The preamble of the Agriculture Agreement specifies food security and environmental protection as examples. Also cited by members are rural development and employment, and poverty alleviation. peace clause Provision in Article 13 of the Agriculture Agreement says agricultural subsidies committed under the agreement cannot be challenged under other WTO agreements, in particular the Subsidies Agreement and GATT. Expires at the end of 2003. reform process/program The Uruguay Round Agriculture Agreement starts a reform process. It sets out a first step, in the process, i.e. a program for reducing subsidies and protection and other reforms. Current negotiations launched under Article 20 are for continuing the reform process. SPS regulations Sanitary and Phytosanitary regulations government standards to protect human, animal and plant life and health, to help ensure that food is safe for consumption. variable levy Customs duty rate which varies in response to domestic price criterion. Intellectual property Berne Convention Treaty, administered by WIPO, for the protection of the rights of authors in their literary and artistic works. CBD Convention on Biological Diversity. compulsory licensing For patents: when the authorities license companies or individuals other

than the patent owner to use the rights of the patent to make, use, sell or import a product under patent (i.e. a patented product or a product made by a patented process) without the permission of the patent owner. Allowed under the TRIPS Agreement provided certain procedures and conditions are fulfilled. See also government use. counterfeit Unauthorized representation of a registered trademark carried on goods identical or similar to goods for which the trademark is registered, with a view to deceiving the purchaser into believing that he/she is buying the original goods. exhaustion The principle that once a product has been sold on a market, the intellectual property owner no longer has any rights over it. (A debate among WTO member governments is whether this applies to products put on the market under compulsory licences.) Countries laws vary as to whether the right continues to be exhausted if the product is imported from one market into another, which affects the owner s rights over trade in the protected product. See also parallel imports. geographical indications Place names (or words associated with a place) used to identify products (for example, Champagne, Tequila or Roquefort ) which have a particular quality, reputation or other characteristic because they come from that place government use For patents: when the government itself uses or authorizes other persons to use the rights over a patented product or process, for government purposes, without the permission of the patent owner. See also compulsory licensing. intellectual property rights Ownership of ideas, including literary and artistic works (protected by copyright), inventions (protected by patents), signs 44 for distinguishing goods of an enterprise (protected by trademarks) and other elements of industrial property. IPRs Intellectual property rights. Lisbon Agreement Treaty, administered by WIPO, for the protection of geographical indications and their international registration. Madrid Agreement Treaty, administered by WIPO, for the repression of false or deceptive indications of source on goods. mailbox Refers to the requirement of the TRIPS Agreement applying to WTO members which do not yet provide product patent protection for pharmaceuticals and for agricultural chemicals. Since 1 January 1995, when the WTO agreements entered into force, these countries have to establish a means by which applications of patents for these products can be filed. (An additional requirement says they must also put in place a system for granting exclusive marketing rights for the products whose patent applications have been filed.) parallel imports When a product made legally (i.e. not pirated) abroad is imported without the permission of the intellectual property right-holder (e.g. the trademark or patent owner). Some countries allow this, others do not. Paris Convention Treaty, administered by WIPO, for the protection of industrial intellectual property, i.e. patents, utility models, industrial designs, etc. piracy Unauthorized copying of materials protected by intellectual property rights (such as copyright, trademarks, patents, geographical indications, etc) for commercial purposes and unauthorized commercial dealing in copied materials. Rome Convention Treaty, administered by

WIPO, UNESCO and ILO, for the protection of the works of performers, broadcasting organizations and producers of phonograms. TRIPS Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Washington Treaty Treaty for the protection of intellectual property in respect of lay-out designs of integrated circuits. WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization. Investment export-performance measure Requirement that a certain quantity of production must be exported. FDI Foreign direct investment. local-content measure Requirement that the investor purchase a certain amount of local materials for incorporation in the investor s product. product-mandating Requirement that the investor export to certain countries or region. trade-balancing measure Requirement that the investor use earnings from exports to pay for imports. TRIMS Trade-related investment measures. Dispute settlement Appellate Body An independent seven-person body that, upon request by one or more parties to the dispute, reviews findings in panel reports. automaticity The automatic chronological progression for settling trade disputes in regard to panel establishment, terms of reference, composition and adoption procedures. DSB Dispute Settlement Body when the WTO General Council meets to settle trade 45 disputes. DSU The Uruguay Round Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes. nullification and impairment Damage to a country s benefits and expectations from its WTO membership through another country s change in its trade regime or failure to carry out its WTO obligations. panel Consisting of three experts, this independent body is established by the DSB to examine and issue recommendations on a particular dispute in the light of WTO provisions. Services accounting rate In telecoms, the charge made by one country s telephone network operator for calls originating in another country. commercial presence Having an office, branch, or subsidiary in a foreign country. GATS The WTO s General Agreement on Trade in Services. general obligations Obligations which should be applied to all services sector at the entry into force of the agreement. Initial commitments Trade liberalizing commitments in services which members are prepared to make early on. modes of delivery How international trade in services is supplied and consumed. Mode 1: cross border supply; mode 2: consumption abroad; mode 3: foreign commercial presence; and mode 4: movement of natural persons. multi-modal Transportation using more than one mode. In the GATS negotiations, essentially door-to-door services that include international

shipping. national schedules The equivalent of tariff schedules in GATT, laying down the commitments accepted voluntarily or through negotiation by WTO members. natural persons People, as distinct from juridical persons such as companies and organizations. offer A country s proposal for further liberalization. protocols Additional agreements attached to the GATS. The Second Protocol deals with the 1995 commitments on financial services. The Third Protocol deals with movement of natural persons. prudence, prudential In financial services, terms used to describe an objective of market regulation by authorities to protect investors and depositors, to avoid instability or crises. schedule Schedule of Specific Commitments A WTO member s list of commitments regarding market access and bindings regarding national treatment. specific commitments See schedule. Regionalism/trade and development ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. Group of 71 countries with preferential trading relation with the EU under the former Lom? Treaty now called the Cotonou Agreement. Andean Community Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The seven ASEAN members of the WTO Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand often speak in the WTO as one group on general issues. The other ASEAN 46 members are Laos and Vietnam. Caricom The Caribbean Community and Common Market comprises 15 countries. CTD The WTO Committee on Trade and Development Customs union Members apply a common external tariff (e.g. the EC). EC European Communities (official name of the European Union in the WTO). EFTA European Free Trade Association. free trade area Trade within the group is duty free but members set own tariffs on imports from non-members (e.g. NAFTA). G15 Group of 15 developing countries acting as the main political organ for the Non-Aligned Movement. G77 Group of developing countries set up in 1964 at the end of the first UNCTAD (originally 77, but now more than 130 countries). G7 Group of seven leading industrial countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, United States. GRULAC Informal group of Latin-American members of the WTO. GSP Generalized System of Preferences programmes by developed countries granting preferential tariffs to imports from developing countries. HLM WTO High-Level Meeting for LDCs, held in October 1997 in Geneva. ITC The International Trade Centre, originally established by the old GATT and is now operated jointly by the WTO and the UN, the latter acting through UNCTAD. Focal point for technical cooperation on trade promotion of developing countries. LDCs Least-developed countries.

MERCOSUR Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement of Canada, Mexico and the US. Quad Canada, EC, Japan and the United States. SACU Southern African Customs Union comprising Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. S&D Special and differential treatment provisions for developing countries. Contained in several WTO agreements. UNCITRAL United Nations Centre for International Trade Law, drafts model laws such as the one on government procurement. UNCTAD The UN Conference on Trade and Development. Trade and environment Agenda 21 The Agenda for the 21st Century a declaration from the 1992 Earth Summit (UN Conference on the Environment and Development) held in Rio de Janeiro. Article XX GATT Article listing allowed exceptions to the trade rules. Basel Convention An MEA dealing with hazardous waste. BTA Border tax adjustment CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. An MEA. CTE The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment. EST Environmentally-sound technology. EST&P EST and products. ex ante, ex post Before and after a measure is applied. LCA Life cycle analysis a method of assessing whether a good or service is environmentally friendly. MEA Multilateral environmental agreement. Montreal Protocol An MEA dealing with the depletion of the earth s ozone layer. PPM Process and production method. TBT The WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. waiver Permission granted by WTO members allowing a WTO member not to comply with normal commitments. Waivers have time limits and extensions have to be justified. 47