EDB conducts a high-level roundtable on international trade in Eurasia
Almaty, 16 July 2014. A high-level roundtable took place in Vienna in the framework of the international project "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Integration within a wider European and Eurasian Space." The meeting brought together representatives of various European Union and Customs Union institutions.
The co-organisers of the project were the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), and the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC). The project is intended to provide an independent discussion platform, which is needed in the current situation, and to prepare a series of studies into applied issues of economic cooperation on the continent, "from Lisbon to Vladivostok" or even "from Lisbon to Shanghai."
The experts discussed the current condition of trade between EU countries and the emerging Eurasian Economic Community, and their partners in the East (China, Japan, South Korea). They also analysed possible scenarios for the advancement of trade between regions and countries in the long term, in the economy as a whole and in separate sectors. Special focus was made on the issue of the countries' simultaneous membership of different integration unions.
The next roundtable will take place in November. Its theme will be non-tariff barriers and technical regulations. The EDB Centre for Integration Studies will provide expert assistance to the event.
Additional Information
Eurasian Development Bank is international financial institution founded by Russia and Kazakhstan in January 2006 with the mission to facilitate the development of market economies, sustainable economic growth and the expansion of mutual trade and other economic ties in its member states. EDB’s charter capital exceeds US $1.5 billion. The member states of he Bank are the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan. Read more at https://www.eabr.org.
The Centre for Integration Studies is specialized think-tank of Eurasian Development Bank. The Centre organises research and prepares reports and recommendations on regional economic integration.