| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | The Eurasian economic union : integration without liberalisation? |
| Authors: | Dragneva, Rilka Hartwell, Christopher |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586 |
| Published in: | Post-Communist Economies |
| Volume(Issue): | 33 |
| Issue: | 2-3 |
| Page(s): | 200 |
| Pages to: | 221 |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1463-1377 1465-3958 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Trade liberalisation; Eurasian Union; Regional integration; Non-tariff barrier |
| Subject (DDC): | 337: International economics and commerce |
| Abstract: | The Eurasian Economic Union (EaEU) came into being in 2015 with the ostensible goal of increasing integration among its member states. An implicit assumption behind this goal was to further trade liberalisation, at least within the bloc, as a means to promote additional trade. This paper assesses the development of the EaEU against this promise. Going beyond an analysis of the dynamics of mutual trade, the main focus of this paper is to understand the EaEU’s institutional processes, examining if the commitments and framework put in place by the EaEU could actually contribute to trade liberalisation. Focusing on the trade policies at the level of the EaEU and the political economy of protectionism, our assessment is not favourable. In particular, the charge that the EaEU remains a geopolitical rather than economic project rings true, as trade liberalisation has been halting in individual member states and across the bloc as a whole. This reality is further illustrated in the external trade policies of the Union, most prominently in trade agreements concluded with Vietnam, Iran, Singapore and Serbia, and relations with other major trade partners. The paper argues that, in line with often overlooked theoretical predictions, the institutional framework of the EaEU is not robust enough to ensure that integration processes actually deliver on their stated objectives. |
| URI: | https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34552/ https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22138 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | School of Management and Law |
| Organisational Unit: | International Management Institute (IMI) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Dragneva, R., & Hartwell, C. (2020). The Eurasian economic union : integration without liberalisation? Post-Communist Economies, 33(2-3), 200–221. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586
Dragneva, R. and Hartwell, C. (2020) ‘The Eurasian economic union : integration without liberalisation?’, Post-Communist Economies, 33(2-3), pp. 200–221. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586.
R. Dragneva and C. Hartwell, “The Eurasian economic union : integration without liberalisation?,” Post-Communist Economies, vol. 33, no. 2-3, pp. 200–221, 2020, doi: 10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586.
DRAGNEVA, Rilka und Christopher HARTWELL, 2020. The Eurasian economic union : integration without liberalisation? Post-Communist Economies [online]. 2020. Bd. 33, Nr. 2-3, S. 200–221. DOI 10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586. Verfügbar unter: https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/34552/
Dragneva, Rilka, and Christopher Hartwell. 2020. “The Eurasian Economic Union : Integration without Liberalisation?” Post-Communist Economies 33 (2-3): 200–221. https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586.
Dragneva, Rilka, and Christopher Hartwell. “The Eurasian Economic Union : Integration without Liberalisation?” Post-Communist Economies, vol. 33, no. 2-3, 2020, pp. 200–21, https://doi.org/10.1080/14631377.2020.1793586.
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