:2007-10-26:(1977-),,,,:985CAFTA,-,::CAFAT,20068;:-,,20061;:CAFTA,20073CAFTA:CN53-1143/D(2008)01-0135-06CAFTA(,510275):CAFTA,:,;,,CAFTA:CAFTA;;:DF96:A200211,-(),10-(China-AseanFreeTradeArea,CAFTA)200411,20051120071,200771,,CFATA,[1],(RegionalTradeAgreements,RTAs),RTAs,,,RTAs((DavidS.Huntington)(NorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement,NAFTA),,NAFTA,,NAFTA,NAFTA,[2]CAFTA,,;,,,,CAF2TA,,,,CAFTACAFTA18153120081211JournalofYunnanUniversityLawEditionTam,2008Vol121No11©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),RTAsRTAs,2,CAFTA,,,,[3]RTAsWTO,RTAsWTO,RTAsWTO,,RTAsWTO,WTORTAsRTAs,WTO,,,,CAFTA,,,,,()[4]5524,,,,,7,30,,,10,,,,[5]1955,,,(),[6]376,613,:1160,20,,,,,,,21,3,1,,,,20,631©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.()30,,WTO,WTO,,31,,,,,;;,;,CAFTA,;()[4]558,,,CAFTA(CloserEconomicPartnershipArrangement,CEPA)CEPA,[7]CEPA,19CEPA195:,,CEPA,CEPACAFTA,CAFTA?,,:,,,,:,;,,,,;,,;,,:,;,;,;,;,,[6]372-376CAFTA,,,,,,,,,,,,,CAFTA,,731CAFTA©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.[8],CAFTA,,,,CAFTA?,:()WTO,WTO,,WTO,WTOCAFTACAFTA,WTO,,,?,:,WTOCAFTA,,GATT,(DisputesettlementUnderstanding,DSU)DSU,:;,;;;;;GATT,WTO:;(NegativeConsensus);;;[9]370-372,,WTO,[10]458,WTO,,WTO,CAFTA,,DSU,WTOCAFTA:WTO;CAFTA,WTOCAFTA,,,WTO,CAFTA,WTO,WTO,,,,WTO,,,,,8312007111,WTO150,WTOWTO,WTO,,RafaelLeal-Arcas,ChoiceofJurisdictioninInternationalTradeDisputes:GoingRegionalorGlobal,16MinnesotaJournalofInternationalLaw,Winter2007.113RTAsKyungKwak&GabrielleMarceau,OverlapsandConflictsofJurisdictionBe2tweentheWTOandRTAs,©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(coveredagreement);71;11,WTOWTO,CAFTA,WTOWTO,WTO,WTO,,CAFTA,WTO,WTO,WTO,,,,,,(),CAFTA,,,,,,,[11],CAFTA,,,,,,,,,,CAFTA,,,,,,,,,,,,CAFTA,;;,,,,,,,,80,,[12],,,,,,,,,,,,,931CAFTAWTO,DSU1WTO(DSU)6,,,,WTO,,,WTO©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.(),,,,,,,,,:[1].CAFAT[J].,2006(8).[2]DavidS.Huntington.SymposiumontheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement:SettlingDisputesundertheNorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement[J].HarvardInternationalLawJournal,1993,(34).[3]AwardonJurisdictionandAdmissibilityof4August2000,SouthernBluefinTunaCase,AustraliaandNewZealandv.Japan[EB/OL],[4].[M].:,2006.[5].[M].:,2005.[6].[M].:,2000:376.[7].()[EB/OL],[8].-[J].,2007(6).[9].[M].:,2005.[10].(WTO)[M].,2000.[11].WTO[J].(),2006(5).[12].[J].(),2002(4).ChinapslegalstrategyontheapplicationofCAFTAdisputesettlementmechanismZhangLiang(LawSchoolofSunYat-senUniversity,Guangzhou510275,China)Abstract:ThemethodandprocedureareprovidedindetailsinCAFTAagreementondisputeset2tlementmechanism,thecharacteristicsofwhichareexclusiveelectivejurisdictionintheelectionofdisputesettlementforumandcombiningpoliticalmethodswithlegalmethodstosettledisputes.ChinashouldapplyCAFTAdisputesettlementmechanismproperlyaccordingtothenatureofthespecificdis2pute.Keywords:CAFTA;Disputesettlementmechanism;Strategy:041©1994-2008ChinaAcademicJournalElectronicPublishingHouse.Allrightsreserved.