BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

15/04/2010

Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan may scrap plan to join WTO together

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan may abandon the idea of joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a single customs union 'for tactical reasons', First Vice Premier of Russia, Igor Shuvalov, said. He added that the decision would be made by the countries` presidents. Mr. Shuvalov said Russia is still very determined to join the WTO but the outcome of the talks currently depends on the EU and the US. He stressed that a recently formed customs union is not an alternative to WTO accession, the Interfax news agency reports.

Source:

http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/15/6467953.html


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