The Economy of Greater Europe: from Squabbling to a New Balance?

... Kazakhstan and Belarus, its Customs Union partners. Today, especially with the ongoing Ukraine crisis and the gradual consolidation of international public support for sanctions against Russia, it seems rather difficult even to mention an integrated Greater Europe economy, since there are too many interwoven disagreements generated by the customs norms of the EU, EEU and WTO. In addition, the European Commission from time to time has accused the EEU of protectionism, and not without formal grounds. As a matter of fact, the EU average protective duty runs at 5.5 percent, while the figure for Russia is 10 percent ...