高级商务英语阅读Chapter 11.ppt

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1、Chapter11AmongtheFringersBackgroundKnowledgePublishedontheinternetonJuly19,2001AbouttheauthorAaronLukas:FormerpolicyanalystwithCato’sCenterforTradePolicyStudies.Hisresearchinterestsincludetradesanctions,electroniccommerceandtheWTO.“AmongtheFringers”isal

2、soentitledas“LessonsforEuropefromtheQuebecTradeSummit”.BackgroundKnowledgeQuebecTradeSummit,alsocalledthethirdSummitoftheAmericas,washeldinQuebecCityfromApril20toApril22,2001.Leadersfromthe34westernHemispherecountriesmadeadeclarationduringthesummitcalli

3、ngontheSummitcountriestoconcludenegotiationonaFreeTradeAreaoftheAmericas(FTAA).TheHemisphericAllianceorganized“People’sSummit”thatwasstronglyagainsttheQuebecTradeSummit.NotestotheTextSt.LaurenceRiver:TheGreatestCanadianRiverTheteargascapitaloftheworldTh

4、eauthorheresuggestedthatduringthesummit,somesecuritymeasureshadtobetakentosafeguardtheSummitoftheAmericas,theteargasmightbeusedtodispersetheprotesters.(WhydidtheauthorsaythatQuebecCitywouldbeknownas“teargascapitaloftheworld”afterhisvisittotheCity?)Notes

5、totheTextGlobalizationTheincreasingworldwideintegrationofmarketsforgoods,servicesandcapitalthatattractedspecialattentioninthelate1990s.TheorderofthedayThecharacteristicordominantfeatureoftheactivity.NotestotheTextIsawheartingreatabundance---in-your-face

6、publicdisplaysofcompassionweretheorderoftheday---butclearthinkingwasconspicuouslyscarce.我所看到的是（抗议者们反对自由贸易、反对全球化而）无边宣泄的情绪，是在人们面前公开展示的一种（对受到全球化伤害人们的）怜悯和同情，这就是抗议活动的主要特点。然而，显而易见，这里所缺少的是清醒的思考。Gracioustoafault,theCanadiangovernment(i.e.Canadiantaxpayers)funde

7、dtheeventandpaidforLatinAmericanactiviststoattend.AninnovationoftheQuebecSummitwastheinvitationbytheCanadianhoststosome60civilsocietyorganizationstoentertheSummitconclave(秘密会议）andtoparticipateinaroundtablediscussionwithministers.Manyofthecivicleadersvoi

8、cedthesameconcernsbeingheardinthestreets—thatLatinAmericaneconomiesmustdoabetterjobatmeetingtheneedsofthepoormajorities.Theexchangewithministerswaspoliteandratherproforma,butitsetanimportantprecedentthatcouldfurtherdemocratizehem