Trans-Pacific Partnership – Johnson's Russia List

RUSSIALINK: “A CHINESE SILK NOOSE” – Valdai Club/ Georgy Toloraya

May 16, 2017 JRL Russia List China, CIS, Customs Union, Eurasian Union, Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Far East, Siberia, APEC, Newslinks

“… In response to the Chinese initiative, Russia advanced an even more ambitious project of a Greater Eurasian Partnership … incorporate[ing] the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and even the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). … However, Russia lacks the resources and integration ties with the numerous countries of the Euro-Pacific space for implementing this ambitious […]

RUSSIALINK RBTH: Russia may benefit from Trans-Pacific Partnership collapse

January 27, 2017 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Far East, Siberia, APEC, United States, U.S.-Russian Relations

One of Donald Trump’s first decisions as U.S. president was to pullout from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. This gives Russia and China a chance to jumpstart talks on setting up free trade areas with Asian partners. (Russia Beyond the Headlines – rbth.ru – KSENIYA ILYINSKAYA, SPECIAL TO RBTH – January 27, 2017) On his first day in office following […]