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Prof. Ian Wooton 讲座
发布日期：2016-05-29 09:11 来源：北京大学国家发展研究院
3月7日晚在朗润园512，University of Strathclyde的prof. Ian Wooton和同学们细细分享了英国退出欧盟的来龙去脉。首先，他介绍了欧盟的发展过程，然后总结了英国退出欧盟的利弊。
总结：
The UK and the EU: The Next Stop?
Origins of the EU: In the 1920s and 1930s, because of the war and the Great Depression in central Europe there were increasing trade barriers. After WWII, IMF(International Monetary Fund) and WB(World Bank) were created. The US tax on trade dropped from 40% to 2% for now. European countries’ drive for deep integration to prevent another war result in call for federalism. The Treaty of Rome which established the European Economic Community(EEC) was born, it allowed free movements of goods, services, workers and capital. In 1973, there was an enlargement: Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973.
Integration of Eastern countries changed things, and immigration of skilled and cheap workers from East to West caused jobs taken from indigenous people, especially the U.K. people. In Scotland which is suffering from an aging population, immigrants are generally welcomed. Chinese and Russians are blamed for things getting expensive in London. Today the European Union is a politico-economic union of 28 member states. Immigration from outside of Europe caused humanitarian problem. There are mainly four freedoms of a common market: goods, services, people and capital.
Arguments for Brexit (Brexit means Britain exiting from the EU): greater sovereignty, more democracy, fewer regulations, ability to negotiate trade deals and control over borders.
Arguments against Brexit: loss of market access, weakened negotiation position and implications for the Union.
The Scottish are much more in favor of the EU than the British. Prof. Ian Wooton said, ‘Cities like Hong Kong may transfer workers from London to Paris. In the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, Scotland rejected independence by 55% to 45%. People like my mother, are just afraid of what might happen if Scotland became independent. They voted against independence for the fear that they might not going to remain in EU. It may means that being an EU member is more important than being a part of U.K.’
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Prof. Ian Wooton 讲座
发布日期：2016-05-29 09:11 来源：北京大学国家发展研究院
3月7日晚在朗润园512，University of Strathclyde的prof. Ian Wooton和同学们细细分享了英国退出欧盟的来龙去脉。首先，他介绍了欧盟的发展过程，然后总结了英国退出欧盟的利弊。
总结：
The UK and the EU: The Next Stop?
Origins of the EU: In the 1920s and 1930s, because of the war and the Great Depression in central Europe there were increasing trade barriers. After WWII, IMF(International Monetary Fund) and WB(World Bank) were created. The US tax on trade dropped from 40% to 2% for now. European countries’ drive for deep integration to prevent another war result in call for federalism. The Treaty of Rome which established the European Economic Community(EEC) was born, it allowed free movements of goods, services, workers and capital. In 1973, there was an enlargement: Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom eventually joined the European Communities on 1 January 1973.
Integration of Eastern countries changed things, and immigration of skilled and cheap workers from East to West caused jobs taken from indigenous people, especially the U.K. people. In Scotland which is suffering from an aging population, immigrants are generally welcomed. Chinese and Russians are blamed for things getting expensive in London. Today the European Union is a politico-economic union of 28 member states. Immigration from outside of Europe caused humanitarian problem. There are mainly four freedoms of a common market: goods, services, people and capital.
Arguments for Brexit (Brexit means Britain exiting from the EU): greater sovereignty, more democracy, fewer regulations, ability to negotiate trade deals and control over borders.
Arguments against Brexit: loss of market access, weakened negotiation position and implications for the Union.
The Scottish are much more in favor of the EU than the British. Prof. Ian Wooton said, ‘Cities like Hong Kong may transfer workers from London to Paris. In the Scottish independence referendum of 2014, Scotland rejected independence by 55% to 45%. People like my mother, are just afraid of what might happen if Scotland became independent. They voted against independence for the fear that they might not going to remain in EU. It may means that being an EU member is more important than being a part of U.K.’
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