The Commissioner of the United Nations: Ukraine's economy will not cope without EEU
The Ukrainian economy depends on strong trade ties with the Eurasian Union is not less than that of trade with the European Union, any attempt hard choice between 2 options increases the likelihood of bringing negative consequences for the state, said the Executive Secretary of the economic Commission for Europe UN Christian Friis Bach in his article for.
discussions about what trade ties to Ukraine must become a priority, became one of the catalysts of the confrontation at the end of 2013. Then Ukraine could have dialogues about partial cooperation with the Customs Union comprising Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, and partly a rejection of Moscow's desire to Kiev to sign the agreement on free trade area with the EU was due to the fact that the European goods in this case were able to freely penetrate the market of the Russian Federation, reminds authorized by the UN.
The Ukrainian authorities will not be easy to solve the problem of trade relations: it is anticipated that 25 % of Ukrainian exports to the countries of the Eurasian economic Union, and the same number in Europe. The solution has the ability to be detected in the b-standards and trade rules. They are able to provide trust and openness between the Russian Federation and the European Union. Despite the complexity of the task, it is quite feasible - many countries are members of more than one trade agreement, emphasizes Christian Friis Bach.
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