Armenian Experts’ Debate: “Membership in the EEU in Exchange for Security”

... 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 sign Association Agreements with the EU, either. Armenia and the ...