Abstract This article analyses the mechanics and the political stakes of multilateral trade negotiations in the League of Nations, in the context of the transition from empires to nation states. It examines one attempt to transfer bilateral treaty norms to a multilateral framework, the Draft Convention on the Treatment of Foreigners. This highly contested treaty addressed a policy question that was at the heart of both national sovereignty and international order – the legal treatment of foreign nationals. The attempt to regulate this question on a multilateral basis provoked intense debate about the authority of the League to mediate the relationship between international commerce and national governments.

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在国际联盟中编写多边贸易规则

摘要 本文分析了在从帝国向民族国家过渡的背景下国际联盟多边贸易谈判的机制和政治风险。它审查了将双边条约规范转移到多边框架的一种尝试，即《外国人待遇公约草案》。这份备受争议的条约解决了一个处于国家主权和国际秩序核心的政策问题——外国人的法律待遇。在多边基础上规范这一问题的尝试引发了关于联盟在调解国际商业与国家政府之间关系方面的权威的激烈辩论。