新刊推荐 | JCEBS Vol 19 Issue 3，2021

Vol 19 Issue 3，2021

在这期特刊中，第一篇文章主要阐述了中欧和东欧国家对此次疫情期间对本国与中国关系的讨论；第二篇文章将中国的附加值贸易一体化进程和其法律制度变化相结合，对全球价值链展开深入探讨；第三篇文章提出中国应继续参与全球贸易体系，进一步减少政府对贸易、投资和创新的不必要干预。作者通过对本期文章的综述和回顾，区分了美国新政府的四种不同的中美贸易政策和贸易关系，并对未来中美贸易关系走向批判性提出三点看法，第一，中美两个大国之间的竞争将持续，同时就重要全球流行病、气候变化等重要领域展开合作；第二，新一届政府会更加明确地区分对盟友和潜在竞争者的贸易政策；第三，新政府将更注重竞争力和专业建设而非特朗普那般依靠直觉和交易动机进行决策。总之，未来美国与中国之间的贸易和技术竞争将更加全面和激烈。

文章链接：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765284.2021.1960138

波兰、捷克共和国、匈牙利和斯洛伐克，这四个被称为维谢格拉德集团（V4）的中东欧国家，参属中国主导的“17+1合作“多边跨区域合作平台，以寻求提升其成员相互经济和交通基础设施的联系。这篇文章通过比较案例研究的方法追溯了自欧洲爆发 Covid-19 以来 V4 国家与中国的关系，并探讨了现有的这种“ 17 + 1” 多边合作形式能够在多大程度上通过加强与中国的医疗合作来抗击疫情。研究结果表明目前的双边关系优于制度化的“ 17+1”多边合作，这种多边合作的一致性较低，中东欧国家与中国的关系也将持续模糊。

文章链接：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765284.2021.1913549

中国自从四十年前开始经济改革以来，中国成功将其经济整合至区域和全球价值链中。这一过程从简单的组装加工开始扩展至低端劳动密集型制造业，随后逐渐上移至技术密集型和资本密集型产业。这篇文章分析了中国为促进全球价值链发展而进行的法制建设和国际和跨国法律机构改革并将其划分为五阶段。文章没有将法律理想化为一种承诺，而是从现实主义的传统视角将其视为经济变革的推动因素，即作为一种信号和协调工具来引导个体开展业务规划与合作。这为理解当下全球贸易体系和及其在全球价值链中的影响提供了重要启示。

文章链接：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765284.2021.1943183

经济全球化在很大程度上是可取的，但不一定是良性的。现代历史一再证明，如果对大国之间的竞争不及时予以协调和规制，经济全球化可能会走上“歧途”。当全球化涉及到中国这样资源配置机制异于典型市场经济的大经济体时存在很大差异时，不可避免地会出现许多棘手的问题。本文重点关注第一，什么是良性全球化；第二，为什么大国要采取三零（零关税、零壁垒、和零补贴）作为实现良性全球化目标的必要条件；第三，中国为什么应该率先采取和实施这一政策，来建设有利于良性全球化和国内经济改革的全球制度。

文章链接：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765284.2020.1862637

2019 年的新冠病毒正在使人类社会面临百年一遇的变化。三个关键特性将 COVID-19 大流行升级为一种综合现象。为了解决这个三重危机，本文探讨了将更加公平的社会政策和医保政策与早期、有针对性和协调的公共卫生措施相结合，以重建对医保市场主要参与者的激励措施的重要性。本文通过借鉴以往和现在流行病的治理经验，并比较中国、美国以及其他国家在应对当前突发性公共卫生事件方面的差异，以期在下一次大流行来临之前做好卫生健康领域的政策转型。

文章链接：

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14765284.2021.1940453

#1 K. C. Fung

Introduction to special section on global trading system with the New American administration: China, United States and Europe

In this Introduction to the Special Ilssue on Global trading system with the New American Administration: China, United States and Europe, three excellent papers are presented. The first paper highlights the central and eastern European countries’ views on their relationships with China in the era of the pandemic. The second paper by Gao and Shaffer (forthcoming) presents a detailed legal discussion on the global value chains, including new development in intellectual property rights laws in China. The third paper by Wen (forthcoming) proposes that China should continue to participate in the global trading system and further reduce unnecessary government interventions in trade, investment and innovation. Finally, the Introduction highlights various important papers published by this Journal that are relevant to the theme. For example, Fung, Aminian, Fu and Tung (2018) and Fung, Amininian, Fu, Rhee and Tung (2020) are the first to introduce a formal, analytical digital firm model in the discussions of U.S.-China relations. Other outstanding papers include Lau (2019a), Cheng, hitten and Hua (2019), Garcia Herrero (2019) and Lin and Wang (forthcoming), all published in this Journal.

#2 Rudolf Furst

China and Central Europe: cooperation in difficult times during the Covid-19 outbreak 

The four Central and Eastern European (CEE) states, namely Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, known as the Visegrad Group (V4), belong to the multilateral China-led 17 + 1 subregional platform that seeks to upgrade its members’ mutual economic and transportation infrastructure ties. This comparative case study traces the V4 states’ relations with China since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe and explores how far the existing multilateral format 17 + 1 was able to utilize its potential for strengthening China’s presence through healthcare cooperation to work together in fighting the pandemic. The findings reveal the prevailing bilateral ties being preferred over the institutionalized multilateral platform 17 + 1, a sustained ambiguity in the CEE states’ relations with China, and a poor coherence of the 17 + 1 format.

#3 Henry Gao & Gregory Shaffer

The role of law in Chinese value chains

Since starting its economic reform four decades ago, China has been highly successful in integrating its economy into regional and global value chains (GVCs). This started with simple assembly and processing, then expanded to low-end labor-intensive manufacturing, and gradually moved up to technology-intensive and capital-intensive industries. This article analyzes the development of Chinese law, legal institutions, and international and transnational legal initiatives to support the development of GVCs, which we divide into five phases. The article does not idealize law in terms of ‘commitment’ or ‘rule of law,’ but rather, in the legal realist tradition, views law as an important, contributing factor in economic change. It presents law as a signalling and coordinative device that serves to channel private conduct for business planning and coordination. The article provides insights for understanding current developments in the trading system and their implications for regional and global value chains.

#4 Guanzhong James Wen

Virtuous globalization, the three-zeros policy, and China’s choice

Economic globalization is generally desirable and beneficial to a great extent, but not necessarily virtuous. Modern history has proven time and again that economic globalization may go astray if rivalry among big powers are not coordinated and regulated in a timely manner. Thorny issues arise inevitably when globalization involves big economies such as China, whose resource allocation mechanisms deviate significantly from that of a typical market economy. This paper will focus on: 1) What is virtuous globalization? 2) Why should big powers adopt the goal of three-zeros (zero tariff, zero barrier, and zero subsidy) as a necessary condition for achieving the goal of virtuous globalization? 3) Why should China in particular set a leading example to adopt and implement this policy to make a real contribution to the building of global institutions that are conducive to virtuous globalization as well as its domestic economic reforms.

#5 Xi Chen & Annie Fan

The COVID-19 pandemic and the transformation of health policy: a syndemic perspective

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. Three key properties escalate the COVID-19 pandemic into a syndemic. To address this triple crisis, we discuss the importance of integrating early, targeted and coordinated public health measures with more equitable social policy and with a health-care policy that realigns incentives of the major players in the health-care market. Drawing on evidence from past and present epidemics as well as comparing variations in response to the current health emergency between China, the US and beyond, we navigate long-awaited health policy transformation in areas that help us better prepare for the next pandemic.