Titlebook: Russia and the World Trade Organization; Peter Naray Book 2001 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2001 Eastern

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,The Road Leading from Soviet Rejection of the GATT to Russia’s WTO Accession Negotiations,le opportunities to criticise the GATT which it considered an ‘instrument of economic expansion into the world market for U.S. monopolies.’. This openly hostile approach was maintained for about 15 years. Reportedly, the last open criticism of the GATT by a leading Soviet official was made in 1960.

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tenuous

Accession of Non-Market Economies to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade,riginal contracting parties were all market economies. The Soviet Union, the only major non-market economy at that time, chose neither to be a signatory of the Charter of the International Trade Organization (ITO) nor the GATT. The United States, during the drafting stage of the ITO, acting in a spi

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Recent Political, Economic and Institutional Developments in Russia,lations, which are compatible with the relevant international obligations, namely with the rules of the WTO. And second, the presence of economic units which shape business activities in accordance with the requirements established. Recent examples show that it is much easier to adopt WTO conform la

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,What Went Wrong With Russia’s Economic Reforms?,ent, while poverty among the population is widespread, and unemployment is substantial and constantly growing. The Russian state can not fulfil its functions and crime and corruption have developed international dimensions. The spectacular collapse of the Russian economy on 17 August 1998 revealed t

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Main Issues of the Russian WTO Accession Process,mpleted WTO accession negotiations and the more than four years activity of the Russian Working Party provide enough material to identify the main issues which will probably play a prominent role in Russia’s accession. In selecting these issues, special attention has been given to the accession cond

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,Outlook for Russia’s WTO Accession,hly functioning market economy. It has turned out that expectations for a quick transformation of the country into a modern market economy belonged to the realm of utopias. A successful economic transition needs further efforts from Russia and co-operation, understanding and support from the rest of