Eurasian Economic Union: Current state and preliminary results☆

In this paper, we evaluate the current results of the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Coalition (EAEU). On the other hand, EAEU is not a perfect "success story". After the first rapid advance, the progress of EAEU slowed down. On the other hand, it was a great success. EAEU is regarded as a well-functioning customs union, its own success and a stumbling block, strengthened by several other fairly developed economic integration areas, not as an exception to the general rules of regional economic integration It is best. In this article, we outline the state of Eurasian institutions, a single market of goods and services, the flow of mutual trade and investment between member countries, the continuation of non-tariff barriers, the adjustment of macroeconomic policy, and the establishment of free trade zone . EAEU network in 5 member states, state of common labor market, public opinion dynamics related to Eurasian integration

The latest version of this article is in Russian Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2016, No. 12, pp. It is published in 43-60. The previous edition of this article is published in Osteuropa in Germany on May 12, 2016, 129, 140, entitled "UnterPartnern.Einnü ​​chternerBlickauf die Eurasische Wirtschaftsunion".

The Eurasian economic alliance (EAEU, or the informal EEU), sometimes referred to as the non-European Union (EAU), is a political and economic alliance between the provinces of central and northern Eurasia. The treaty aimed at establishing EAEU was signed by the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia on May 29, 2014 and came into force on January 1, 2015. On October 9 and December 23, 2014, a treaty aimed at Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to join the Eurasian Economic Coalition was signed. The Armenia Accession Treaty came into force on January 2, 2015. Kyrgyzstan's entry into the treaty came into effect on August 6, 2015. Since its inception, it has joined the EAEU as a member.

In this paper, we evaluate the current results of the establishment of the Eurasian Economic Coalition (EAEU). On the other hand, EAEU is not a perfect "success story". After the first rapid advance, the progress of EAEU slowed down. On the other hand, it was a great success. EAEU is regarded as a well-functioning customs union, its own success and a stumbling block, strengthened by several other rather developed fields of economic integration, not as an exception to the general rules of regional economic integration It is best.

The Eurasian Customs Union has already achieved partial economic integration in these three countries and the Eurasian economic alliance is said to be the continuation of this customs union. However, the influence and heritage of the agreement are unknown - during the first year of the agreement, the trilateral trade has actually decreased by 13%. The Collective Security Treaty Organization composed of the Russian Federation and Belarus, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan, and the National Association of Independent States, consisting of most Soviet countries have also provided a basis for further integration . body