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Essay Writing の思考プロセス 第96回

2021年04月26日

今回の Topic は、国連英検特A級、2010年度第1回の問題からです。

1. Topic                

       Can the UN help to alleviate growing economic tensions between China and the West?

2. Structure

a) Thesis Statement          

       The United Nations can help alleviate economic tensions between China and the West, especially the ongoing trade war between China and the US, through the good offices of the Secretary General, recommendations by the General Assembly, and under the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.  

b) Body の部分を構成する3つの Paragraph の Main Idea は、

第1 Paragraph 事務総長は、中国に対して世界第2位の経済大国にふさわしい国際的責任を担うよう促すべき

第2 Paragraph 更に、総会は中国と西側先進国が相互にメリットのある関係を構築するように勧告できる

第3 Paragraph 経済的論争が貿易戦争に発展した場合、WTO(世界貿易機関)の紛争解決機関の手続を通して解決すべき

3. Sample

       The United Nations can help alleviate economic tensions between China and the West, especially the ongoing trade war between China and the US, through the good offices of the Secretary General, recommendations by the General Assembly, and under the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.   

       To begin with, the Secretary General could encourage China to assume much more responsibility in global economy equivalent to the second largest economy in the world.  As many experts have pointed out, the Western developed countries, the US in particular, has complained about China’s unfair trade practices, such as heavy state subsidies for exports, competitive currency manipulation, and forced technology transfer.  In other words, China has been free-riding the free trade framework, which took several decades to develop to take shape as we know it today.      

       In addition, the General Assembly could make recommendation which urge China and the West to develop and maintain mutually beneficial economic relations.  The size of the economy of China, the US and the EU combined makes up nearly sixty percent of the global economy.  Then, healthy economic and political partnership between China and the West is critical to the sustained growth of the Global economy.  As an expression of global public opinion, the recommendation should have positive effect on bringing China and the Western states to the negotiation table.     

       Finally, if economic tensions between China and the West escalated into trade disputes and the both sides failed to settle them, they should be adjudicated under the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.  Again, the Secretary General could encourage the both sides to adjust the trade disputes under the authorization of the WTO instead of imposing penalty tariffs on imports, which might lead to trade war.  In any trade war, the businesses and consumers or end users in the concerning parties have to pay the price for the unnecessary trade wars.      

       In conclusion, the UN can help to solve economic frictions between China and the West with three ways I mentioned above. 

 

To be continued.