... agreement with Singapore was the third such document the Eurasian Union has signed with third countries.
The Agreement with Vietnam
Igor Ivanov:
The Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a New World Order
The EAEU signed its first ever free-trade area (FTA) agreement with Vietnam on May 29, 2015. The agreement entered into force on October 5, 2016. From the outset, the agreement was concluded in the FTA+ format, which stipulates both duty-free trade rules and other interaction formats. Simultaneously with this agreement,...
... will Vietnam’s free trade agreement with the EU impact the country’s economy and politics
On December 2, 2015 the European Union and Vietnam signed a joint
statement
officially concluding negotiations over the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). For Vietnam, this document will be a sound ending to a Free Trade Year of sorts: in 2015, similar agreements were signed with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and South Korea not to mention the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Observers are disputing ...
... Assembly has opened, so this ratification can be expected any time in the next two months. As for EEU states, things seem less clear, although I don't see any reasons for procrastination.
Fast-track liberalization is based on a principle present in many FTAs, such as that between Vietnam and South Korea. Time is given to harmonize mutual requirements for certification and quality of certain goods and temporary exceptions on sensitive items that are to be lifted after an agreed period of 10-15 years.
Are there unresolved issues?...
