Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States

The twelve members of the Commonwealth of Independent States established a Free Trade Area to help maintain trade among each other. More recently, Belarus, Kazakstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Russia agreed, in principle, to establish a Customs Union...

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Main Authors:	Michalopoulos, Constantine, Tarr, David
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	customs union Commonwealth of Independent States free trade areas trade liberalization trade policy
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263421484196642941/Are-customs-unions-economically-sensible-in-the-Commonwealth-of-Independent-States http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25932

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spelling	okr-10986-259322021-04-23T14:04:32Z Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States Michalopoulos, Constantine Tarr, David customs union Commonwealth of Independent States free trade areas trade liberalization trade policy The twelve members of the Commonwealth of Independent States established a Free Trade Area to help maintain trade among each other. More recently, Belarus, Kazakstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Russia agreed, in principle, to establish a Customs Union (CU). The paper concludes that the dynamic effects of the CU (and Free Trade Area) are likely to be negative because it would tend to lock the countries into the old technology of the Soviet Union. The static effects are mixed but are adverse for countries that have liberal trade regimes compared to the common external tariff contemplated for the CU. 2017-01-25T20:32:14Z 2017-01-25T20:32:14Z 2004-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263421484196642941/Are-customs-unions-economically-sensible-in-the-Commonwealth-of-Independent-States http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25932 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Commonwealth of Independent States
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description	The twelve members of the Commonwealth of Independent States established a Free Trade Area to help maintain trade among each other. More recently, Belarus, Kazakstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Russia agreed, in principle, to establish a Customs Union (CU). The paper concludes that the dynamic effects of the CU (and Free Trade Area) are likely to be negative because it would tend to lock the countries into the old technology of the Soviet Union. The static effects are mixed but are adverse for countries that have liberal trade regimes compared to the common external tariff contemplated for the CU.
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author	Michalopoulos, Constantine Tarr, David
author_facet	Michalopoulos, Constantine Tarr, David
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title	Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States
title_short	Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States
title_full	Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States
title_fullStr	Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States
title_full_unstemmed	Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States
title_sort	are customs unions economically sensible in the commonwealth of independent states
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publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/263421484196642941/Are-customs-unions-economically-sensible-in-the-Commonwealth-of-Independent-States http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25932
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Are Customs Unions Economically Sensible in the Commonwealth of Independent States

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