1st Edition

Russian Trade Policy Achievements, Challenges and Prospects

332 Pages
by Routledge

332 Pages 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

332 Pages 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book reveals the key trends in the modern Russian trade policy to provide a deeper understanding of the main challenges and barriers, possible paths and opportunities in its development. An international team of authors investigates specific factors influencing the Russian trade policy evolution; recent trends in Russia’s international trade development; and the impact of Russia’s... Read more

Introduction. 1. Trade Monitoring – A Global Perspective on Trade Policy Trends 2. Transformation of the Russian trade policy facing the geopolitical challenges 3. States and Dirigisme versus Markets: Hydrocarbons, Agriculture, and Russia’s Trade Policy, 1991-2017 4. The theory and practice of economic sanctions 5. Impact of the WTO accession on acceding countries: analysis of key macroeconomic indicators 6. Eurasian Economic Union: the First Successful Russian Regional Trade Agreement? 7. The European Context of Russian Trade Policy 8. Adaptation of Finnish Food Exporters to Russia’s Food Import Restrictions 9. Russia's trade with China: in the face of sanctions a search for new market opportunities 10. Trade cooperation between Russia and Korea during the period of sanctions 2014-2017. Implications for trade policy 11. Contemporary Russian-Brazilian Trade Relations 12. Russian Automotive Industry: Beyond Import Substitution and Export-Led Industrialisation 13. GATS Mode 4 in Russia’s Migration Policy: Liberalization and its Limitation 14. Russian Federation in the WTO dispute settlement: first steps 15. Conclusion



Biography



Sergei F. Sutyrin is a Professor and World Economy Department Head at Saint Petersburg State University, WTO Chair Holder since 2010.



Olga Y. Trofimenko , Candidate of Economic Science (PhD), is an Associate Professor at the World Economy Department of Saint Petersburg State University.



Alexandra G. Koval , Candidate of Economic Science (PhD), is an Associate Professor at the World Economy Department of Saint Petersburg State University.