A Split In The Eurasian Union: Belarus Refuses To Join Russia's Trade War With Ukraine

[fireflysky46]

Source: Belarus Digest

While Ukraine was preparing to sign the Association Agreement with the EU, Russia was trying to secure the support of Belarus and Kazakhstan in introducing protective measures against Ukrainian goods.

Moscow failed to convince its Eurasian partners that Kyiv’s Association Agreement would pose a threat to their economies and had to resort to taking unilateral action for raising customs duties on goods from Ukraine.

This case represents may well represent a model of relations that may come to dominate decision-making in the Eurasian Economic Union. Fairly frequently, the three nations have viewed their respective interests as being too divergent to reach a comfortable compromise and instead are resorting to taking unilateral action.

...However, this argument has failed to convince Moscow’s allies. In the words of Belarus’ representative to the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission Siarhei Rumas, Belarus and Kazakhstan “strongly reject” the proposal.



Read more: http://belarusdigest.com/story/split-eurasian-union-belarus-refuses-join-russias-trade-war-ukraine-18462#.U7phCNCakNI.twitter

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Kazakhstan and Belarus will not raise customs fees for Ukraine

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[DeSwiss]

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[fireflysky46]

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[Uncle Joe]

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[fireflysky46]

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