The confidence of the Ministry of Commerce: the ability to meet the high standards of CPTPP

If you have a certain understanding of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (CPTPP), you will immediately conclude that joining the CPTPP is difficult.

Among the more than 2300 articles, some can be said to be completely aimed at China.

Of course, this kind of targeting does not amount to hostility, because it is a common rule among the group that everyone should abide by, and Vietnam in the socialist country should also abide by, that is, whether you choose to serve food at the table or make a menu chosen by others?

In the process of internationalization, China itself is an "alternative".

Due to different systems and mechanisms, the elements of such systems and mechanisms are fully infiltrated in the market economy, which will inevitably lead to inconsistent actions and not conform to the rules of the group; In other words, China's position in trade relations will inevitably be marked by the system, or security needs, or targeted needs, which will lose the common ground in international trade. For example, for government procurement, China is not likely to only look at the price. First, it should be safe. Simanan cursed Lenovo, but the government procurement still needs Lenovo's products.

Comparatively speaking, China has higher requirements for security, and there are institutional reasons, not only in the broad sense of security. To open the principle of equality in government procurement is not an issue for many countries, but reform for China.

At the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce on the 21st, He Yadong, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said:

"Since the application for joining the CPTPP, China has communicated and consulted with members in accordance with the accession procedures. China has carried out a full, comprehensive and in-depth study and evaluation of the contents of the agreement, took the initiative to benchmark the CPTPP rules, promoted policy adjustment and legislative amendments in relevant fields, and made preparations for market access offers in goods trade, service trade, investment and other fields. China is fully confident and capable of meeting the high standards of the agreement. "

No matter whether it can join or not, the Ministry of Commerce's clear statement is very different from the past.

In the initial CTP era, while applying, China was promoting the negative list of FTZs, and thought that I had given you the conditions, opened the door, and you came in, which was a gesture of taking China as the world's central coordinate; After the friction of WTO and the tendency of de Chinesization after the epidemic, the thinking pattern has changed. In the past, it was to open the door and invite others to come in as required, but now it is found that others do not come in, and it is announced that foreign capital can hold 100% of the shares in China's banks. The whole country exclaimed that it would lose its financial sovereignty; As a result, no one came; Therefore, we should give up the awareness of worship in the Qing Dynasty and take the initiative to open the door of globalization that is closing to us. Why?

Because China's economic development, first, follows the path of market economy, and second, opens up the international market.

Allowing ordinary people to do business and own private property rights has released huge productivity. This is a real "people's economy" and a breakthrough to the official standard. As a result, people still believe that the ownership by the whole people is the people's, and private property rights are not the people's own economy that really owns property rights; Integrating into the international market has also been criticized as comprador, but the slogan is the slogan. After China entered the WTO, it has developed into an export-oriented economy. The powerful "Made in China" is to provide services for the world. If the world's major economies refuse your services, Russia's trade will increase, and there is no prospect. Therefore, the new policy language emphasizes cooperation when it comes to Sino US relations: this is a must, not a choice.

The Ministry of Commerce stressed that there are several very important signals.

For example, "strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, improve the rules for cross-border data flow, actively promote the negotiation and implementation of high standard economic and trade agreements, and increase the pilot efforts for docking with international high standard economic and trade rules".

The question is whether the two sides have the same understanding of the problem?

For example, "cross-border data flow", for CPTPP, is to remove the restrictions on the Internet, and Blue Shield's monitoring of users. China is unlikely to do so.

The terms we promised did not touch the core:

"We will further increase the proportion of zero tariff products in trade in goods, make efforts to comprehensively promote the opening up of service trade and investment by means of a negative list, orderly expand the opening up of telecommunications, medical care and other service industries, expand market access for digital products and other products, actively connect with high standard economic and trade rules such as the digital economy, green economy, standard certification, and government procurement, and promote institutional opening."

It is believed that these contents can be achieved with conditions, but they still cannot pass the test. Both sides know what the core contents are?

If you want to exclude China, just take out a few items at random, such as non market behavior. Only one item will break the dual structure of China's economic system.