Russia : select trade and investment analyses / Anderson N. Holm, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holm, Anderson N.

Series:

Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues

Language:

Egyptian

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation--Russia (Federation).

Foreign trade regulation.

Russia (Federation)--Commerce.

Russia (Federation).

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

Egyptian (Ancient)

Summary:

In 1993, Russia formally applied for accession to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(GATT). In 1995, its application was taken up by the World Trade Organization (WTO), the successor organization of the GATT. Russia is the largest economy not in the WTO; after a number of fits and starts during the 18-year process, the then-153 members of the WTO, on December 16, 2011, invited Russia to join the WTO during the Ministerial Conference in Geneva. On July 10 and July 18, 2012, respectively, the lower house of the Russian parliament-the State Duma-and the upper house-the Federal Council-app

Contents:

""RUSSIA: SELECT TRADE AND INVESTMENT ANALYSES""; ""RUSSIA: SELECT TRADE AND INVESTMENT ANALYSES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: RUSSIA�S ACCESSION TO THE WTO AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE WTO AND THE ACCESSION PROCESS""; ""RUSSIAN ECONOMIC POLICY AND WTO ACCESSION""; ""RUSSIA�S COMMITMENTS AND MAJOR ISSUES""; ""IMPACT OF WTO ACCESSION ON RUSSIA""; ""WTO ACCESSION AND U.S.-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS""; ""THE ROLE OF CONGRESS AND PNTR FOR RUSSIA""

""OBSERVATIONS AND OUTLOOK""""APPENDIX. NTR STATUS AND JACKSON-VANIK""; ""Chapter 2: PERMANENT NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS(PNTR) STATUS FOR RUSSIA AND U.S.-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC TIES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""WHAT ARE NTR STATUS AND THE JACKSON-VANIK AMENDMENT?""; ""RUSSIA�S NTR STATUS""; ""U.S.-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC TIES""; ""ISSUES IN U.S.-RUSSIAN TRADE""; ""RUSSIA�S ACCESSION TO THE WTO""; ""LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS""; ""Chapter 3: REPORT ON WTO ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: RUSSIA""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""RUSSIA IN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION""; ""RUSSIA, THE CUSTOMS UNION AND THE WTO""

""ENFORCEMENT OF RUSSIA�S WTO COMMITMENTS""""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 4: RECENT SALES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY BY EUROPEAN NATO ALLIES TO RUSSIA""; ""I. OVERVIEW""; ""II. NATO�S ROLE IN ADDRESSING MILITARY SALES TO THIRD COUNTRIES""; ""III. RECENT REPORTED ALLIED MILITARY SALES TO RUSSIA""; ""IV. FACTORS INFLUENCING ALLIED MILITARY SALES TO RUSSIA""; ""V. ALLIED REACTIONS TO THE SALES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ALLIANCE COHESION""; ""VI. RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NATO AND EVOLVING RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE""; ""VI. U.S. POLICY PERSPECTIVES""

""VII. PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE ALLIED SALES TO RUSSIA""""VIII. POSSIBLE U.S. POLICY OPTIONS""; ""APPENDIX A. OVERVIEW OF SELECTED CONVENTIONAL ARMS EXPORT CONTROL MECHANISMS IN EUROPE""; ""APPENDIX B. EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON ARMS SALES TO CHINA""; ""Chapter 5: 2013 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: RUSSIA""; ""OPENNESS TO, AND RESTRICTIONS UPON, FOREIGN INVESTMENT""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2013).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-62808-793-5