"In its current form it is toothless," says Hsing Haojan. Hence the convention secretariat is now drafting a section on insurance and indemnity. "Future cases like the FPG incident will not only affect industrialists. Governments too will have to take official responsibility, and this will directly impact countries 'reputations and economies," Hsing says.
另一方面，由於還沒有懲戒條款，「巴塞爾公約目前還是只沒有牙齒的老虎」，邢浩然說，因此，巴塞爾公約組織正在草擬保險與責任賠償的部分，「未來，若是發生像台塑這樣的案例，不但企業主受到影響，政府官方也必須負責，直接影響到國家的聲譽與經濟。」