... sphere and entirely within the economic sector. Belarus will not be shocked to learn the outcomes of the election. The country is expecting changes in its economic policy after the election.
So what are economic and political discussions all about?
Economy
Belarusian liberals
believe that the current economic structure fails to ensure sustainable growth in prosperity, development and protection from internal and external shocks. This is something not to argue about. The Belarusian economy is suffering ...
В послевыборный период высока вероятность серьезных кризисных явлений
The optimistic
statements by top officials in Minsk do little to conceal the fact that the economy of Belarus is in dire straits. Although they are doing their best to justify the trouble with references to numerous external factors, the real cause lies in the obsolete model of development based on the dominance of state ownership and Russian ...
Last week I attended a conference titled “Russia’s food market in 2015”; it was the first of a series of panels that took place in occasion of the 24th World Food Exhibition, a well-known event which brought to Moscow more than 1500 firms from over 70 countries.
At the discussion participated the Presidents of many Russian Commercial Unions in the food sector from one side and spokesmen of the Russian and Belarusian Ministries of Agriculture on the other. Issues such as the politics...
... Armenia’s tariff rates are lower than those elsewhere in the EEU; however, WTO rules prohibit a unilateral increase in tariff rates. Therefore, the
talks between Armenia and the WTO will focus
on an increase in rates in significant sectors of the economy to the level adopted in the EEU .
In the meantime, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit, which took place on 21 and 22 May in Riga, Latvia, discussed
new formulas for cooperation
with Armenia, as well as Azerbaijan and Belarus, which did not ...
... that authorities are openly advertising could not be for the good of the Russian society. Rather, it could result in a general deterioration of the economic welfare.
In order to cast light on these issues, I have interviewed an expert of political economy and trade policies, Professor Konstantin Sonin. Professor Sonin is a prominent economist, former Vice Rector of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and current Professor at the University of Chicago. He is also a columnist of the Russia newspaper ...
... the overall economic slowdown.
Sanctions have also triggered a sort of national “industrial awakening”. Conscious of the vulnerability and dependency of its domestic market on the West, Russia has realized that it is time to diversify its economy. This has made the development of joint ventures with foreign partners possible (mainly with the Chinese but also with the Americans), especially in sectors that are under sanctions.
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Ernesto Ferlenghi
Do ...
... linguistic unity remains a powerful foundation of Eurasian integration. Business will also benefit from Kyrgyzstan’s accession to the EAEU, as it will receive access to a large commodities market. It will stimulate the development of the national economy and create favourable conditions for Kyrgyzstan businesses to enter its traditional markets (those of the former USSR). First of all, it will provide the necessary conditions to revive production, create new jobs, revitalise certain sections of ...
... market participants
[1]
. The devaluation can be seen as a signal that China is changing its strategy for the country’s economic growth and its position on the global markets and within the world financial system.
A Return to an Export-Oriented Economy?
After the unprecedented slump on the Chinese stock market in late July 2015, when the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index tumbled by 8.5 per cent
[2]
(which was a natural consequence of the accumulated structural imbalances of the Chinese ...
... will have far-reaching economic consequences, systemic impact and will make an important contribution to the country’s socio-economic development. The main advantages for Kazakhstan will be an improved investment climate and job creation as the economy opens up. For the WTO, the accession of another Central Asian country signifies an important step towards the realization of the idea of universal membership.
For the WTO, the accession of another Central Asian country signifies an important step ...
....”
But the question begs: who is the leader? Surprisingly, it is Latvia, see “
Latvia as a bridge between West and East is not working, and has to be rejected
” (link in Russian). This much was made clear by a presidential advisor on the economy and European affairs and former EU commissioner.
As for Latvian Railways President Ugis Magonis, we can assume that he is being dealt with in the same way as former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who declared that the global political ...
