与关贸总协定(GATT)相比,WTO完善了争端解决机制,建立了贸易政策审议机制,加强了全球经济决策的协调。但我们也应看到它仍然存在一些隐患和问题。主要有;第一,WTO协定条款与其复杂而庞大的附件协议条款有不一致的地方。第二,WTO的成员还不够广泛,中国刚刚加入进去,而包括俄罗斯等贸易大国在內的30多个国家和地区还在加入WTO的过程中,而发达国家,尤其是美国,想控制和操纵WTO,不断对WTO施加影响。第三,长期游离于GATT之外的农产品、纺织品和服务贸易,尽管纳入了乌拉圭回合所达成的协议,但在协议规定的10年时间內,要完全实现自由化(如10年內全部取消纺织品、服装的配额)似乎不太现实。第四,各种形形色色的“灰色区域”措施(如进口配额、进口许可证)并未在有关协议中规定明确的取消时间表,很容易导致“灰色区域”措施侵蚀新的多边贸易体制。第五,新的贸易争端解决机制 Compared with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), WTO has improved its dispute settlement mechanism, established a trade policy review mechanism and strengthened the coordination of global economic decision-making. But we should also see that it still has some hidden dangers and problems. First, there are inconsistencies between the provisions of the WTO agreement and those of its complicated and huge annexation agreement. Second, the membership of the WTO is not yet wide enough. China has just joined in the process. More than 30 countries and regions, including the big trading nations like Russia, are still joining the WTO. Developed countries, especially the United States, want to control and manipulate WTO, continue to exert an influence on the WTO. Thirdly, the long-term liberalization of trade in agricultural products, textiles and services outside the GATT, despite the agreement reached in the Uruguay Round, is fully liberalized within the 10-year period stipulated in the agreement (such as the total elimination of textiles within 10 years , Apparel quotas) seem unrealistic. Fourthly, various kinds of “gray area” measures (such as import quotas and import licenses) have not stipulated a clear timetable for cancellation in relevant agreements, which can easily lead to the erosion of the new multilateral trade system by “gray areas”. Fifth, a new trade dispute settlement mechanism