Unit 7
Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Services
兩岸服貿協議
代表意義超理解
兩岸服貿協議是臺灣與大陸間相互放寬服務業限制的貿易協定。雙方於2013 年6 月間簽訂協議，但目前臺灣的立法院尚未通過該協議。
The Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Services aimed to liberalize trade in services between Taiwan and mainland China. It was signed in June 2013; however, it is currently ungratified by Taiwan’s Legislature Yuan, which is the lawmaking body of Taiwan.
背景知識大突破
根據協議內容，「服務業」的範圍包括醫保、銀行、旅遊、電影、電信、印刷等行業，兩岸雙方將互相將這些產業開放，接受投資。兩岸服貿協議是2010 年雙方簽訂ECFA 後續的兩個協議之一，另一個後續協議則是兩岸貨貿協議。
Under the terms of the agreement, “services” include healthcare, banking, tourism, film, telecommunications, and printings. These industries will be opened to investment under the agreement. It is one of two planned follow-up treaties to the ECFA signed in 2010. The other follow-up treaty would be the Cross-Strait
Agreement on Trade in Goods.
使用方法一把罩
兩岸服貿協議的官方英文名稱是The Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Service，但國外媒體也會用The Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) 稱呼服貿協議。另外一些報導為求方便，也會用The Service Pact 或是The Service Agreement 來稱呼服貿協議。和服貿相關的太陽花運動英文則稱為Sun Flower Movement。
主題文章
In Taiwan, over 300,000 people joined a rally in front of the Presidential Office in April to expand a protest movement over a controversial service trade pact with mainland China. A massive sit-in was staged at the demonstration on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office and nearby Zhongshan South Road.
The demonstrators were dressed in black with yellow ribbons while carrying sunflowers, a symbol of the protests, which have been dubbed the “Sunflower Movement”. They chanted slogans such as “Withdraw Trade Deal” and “Protect Democracy”, showing their discontent over what they consider a “black-box” deal, or the government’s non-transparent handling of the tradein-services agreement.
The organizers of the rally also pushed for a law-monitoring pact to prevent further “black-box” deals. They argued that the government should withdraw the service pact and refrain from negotiating or signing new agreements with mainland China until such a law is enacted.
The police authorities had counted 116,000 participants in this demonstration, including 15,000 in and around the Legislature Yuan office building, and 101,000 on Ketagalan Boulevard and nearby area. Meanwhile, the organizers of the demonstration claimed that at least 400,000 people had taken to the streets. Some also argued that the participants were over 500,000.
The National Police Agency said that Taipei city government had deployed 3,000 police officers to maintain order and control traffic in and around the rally site, with another 500 police assigned to keep order at the area.
The protesters are concerned that the service pact would give mainland China too much economic influence over Taiwan. They are also concerned that mainland China’s massive economic scale would hurt Taiwan’s small and medium-sized enterprises. The government on the other hand, argued that the service pact would benefit Taiwan’s economy, and help it joining other regional free trade blocs.
今年四月，臺灣有超過30 萬人集結在總統府前對兩岸服貿協議展開抗爭運動。大規模群眾在總統府前及臨近的凱達格蘭大道和中山南路上靜坐示威。
示威者身著黑色衣服與黃色絲帶，並攜帶抗議的象徵品：太陽花。這場運動也被稱為「太陽花運動」。他們高喊「退回服貿」、「保護民主」等口號，訴求他們對「黑箱」協議的不滿，黑箱指的是政府在處理服貿協議中不透明的程序。
集會組織者同時推動兩岸協議監督條例，希望透過這個機制避免未來的黑箱程序。他們認為，政府應撤回服貿協議，並退回監督條例通過前兩岸所簽訂的所有協議。
警方表示，這場運動共有116,000 人參加，包括凱達格蘭大道上的101,000 名群眾，及15,000 在立法院周邊的群眾。活動的組織人則表示，至少有40 萬人走上街頭。同時也有人表示，參與者超過50 萬人。
警政署表示，臺北市政府部署3,000 名員警負責維持秩序、指揮交通，並指派500 名的警力在特定區域維持秩序。
抗議者擔心服貿協議將使中國大陸在臺灣擁有過大的經濟影響力，他們也擔心中國大陸會以其龐大的經濟規模併吞臺灣的中小企業。但在另一方面，政府則認為，服貿協議將有利於臺灣經濟，並幫助臺灣加入區域中自由貿易集團。
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