Studying trends and peculiarities of Japanese Economic partnership agreements and FTAs shows that they tend to become more complicated by scope and details. However, their utilization rate remains insufficient: less than 40 [percent. The transfer to…
For a long time Russia earned hard currency by selling oil and gas to Europe and spent a large part of it, buying Chinese consumer and investment products. The politically motivated "Turn to the East" moves slowly and so far has not…
The author compares two types of regional trade agreements (RTA) in Latin America. First (historically) - based on Balassa scheme and leading to the customs unions, and second, going in line with open regionalism. He tests the correlation of the…
The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as the integration project has achieved the first successes, but has faced also serious challenges. This article is devoted to the problems which this integration union and its member countries have to deal with. A…
The evolution of international economic relations in recent years has prompted the Russian Federation to reconsider its role in the neighborhood and on the global stage. In particular, the Ukrainian crisis and the Western economic sanctions against…