Comments on: Russia’s Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement with Beijing Brings Chinese Goods to the EU Border https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/05/21/russias-eurasian-economic-union-free-trade-agreement-beijing-brings-chinese-goods-eu-border/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 10:36:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chris Devonshire Ellis https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/05/21/russias-eurasian-economic-union-free-trade-agreement-beijing-brings-chinese-goods-eu-border/#comment-14637 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 10:36:09 +0000 https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=1597#comment-14637 Noted and I have emailed you.
Best regards;
Chris

]]> By: Jurij Kofner https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/05/21/russias-eurasian-economic-union-free-trade-agreement-beijing-brings-chinese-goods-eu-border/#comment-14428 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:29:12 +0000 https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=1597#comment-14428 In reply to Chris.

Dear Mr. Devonshire-Ellis,

I would be happy to cooperate and exchange views on Greater Eurasia, the EAEU and the BRI in more detail.

Please also feel free to visit my homepages:

http://greater-europe.org/ (in English)
http://eurasian-studies.org/ (in Russian)

Best regards,

Jurij Kofner

]]> By: Chris https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/05/21/russias-eurasian-economic-union-free-trade-agreement-beijing-brings-chinese-goods-eu-border/#comment-14269 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:55:59 +0000 https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=1597#comment-14269 In reply to Jurij Kofner, Head, Eurasian sector, CCEIS, Higher School of Economics (Moscow).

@Jurij Kofner: Thank you for your comments. I am aware the China-EAEU FTA is non-preferential. The important thing is that it was signed. It is far easier to later make amendments to such agreements than have to renegotiate the whole thing. That FTA will evolve over time and become more product specific. The key issue is that is now in place. Remember, from shallow waters great depths can later emerge.
As for the article, well it was tongue-in-cheek, yet based upon 30 years of experience. Of course the world won’t pan out as I suggested in the article. But if it gets people, including you, talking about where global trade is possibly going and the pros and cons of the possibilities good and bad, then it will have done the job it was intended to do: stir up some debate.

]]> By: Jurij Kofner, Head, Eurasian sector, CCEIS, Higher School of Economics (Moscow) https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/2018/05/21/russias-eurasian-economic-union-free-trade-agreement-beijing-brings-chinese-goods-eu-border/#comment-14158 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 07:28:56 +0000 https://www.silkroadbriefing.com/news/?p=1597#comment-14158 This article made a significant error from the start. The agreement between China and the EAEU is non-preferential. I.e. it does not entail lowering of tarrifs and the creation of an FTA. In fact the agreement is rather shallow in content and only outlines the procedures for the creation of working groups on specific areas of interest in the sphere of non-tarriff barriers.

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