Ratification: 批準,承認 [ 2005-05-09 09:51 ]
5月7日,海灣六國的財政部長召開集體會議,討論了包括2010年海灣統一貨幣發行和對美自由貿易協議在內的經濟整合問題。外電報道如下:Finance ministers from six Gulf states met Saturday to discuss economic
integration, including a unified currency and a free trade agreement
with the United States, an official said.
Washington wants free trade deals with numerous Middle East countries
as a prelude to President Bush's ultimate goal of creating a regional free
trade area by 2013.
Bahrain has its own agreement awaiting U.S. Congress ratification. Two
other members of the six-state Gulf Cooperation Council -- Oman and the
United Arab Emirates -- have started talks on free trade deals with the
U.S.
Ratification表示“批準,承認,簽署認可”,其動詞形式為ratify,例如:to ratify the
treaty(批準條約);ratify an amendment to a constitution(批準憲法修正案)。
據悉,海灣六國早已承諾將于2010年發行統一的海灣合作組織(GCC)貨幣,這是GCC國家經濟一體化進程的重要步驟。這一舉措具有深遠意義,將會擴大內部貿易規模,有利于擺脫依賴石油化工的狀況,實現經濟多元化,其次,有利于海灣國家以新貨幣定價進行銷售,改變目前以美元進行定價的貨幣體系。
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