Deep Integration with the EU and its Likely Impact on Selected ENP Countries and Russia

Maryla Maliszewska, Irina Orlova and Svitlana Taran
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Ирина Владленовна Орлова

No 88, CASE Network Reports from CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research

Abstract: Deep Integration with the EU and its Likely Impact on Selected ENP Countries and Russia Abstract: The aim of this study is to estimate the impact of the removal of NTBs in trade between the EU and its selected CIS partners: Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (CIS5). The report includes a discussion of methodologies of measurement of non-tariff barriers and the impact of their removal, including a review of previous studies focusing on CEE and CIS regions. Further, we employ a computable general equilibrium model encompassing the following three pillars of trade facilitation: legislative and regulatory approximation, reform of customs rules and procedures and liberalization of the access of foreign providers of services. We conclude that a reduction of NTBs and improved access to the EU market would bring significant benefits to the CIS5 countries in terms of welfare gains, GDP growth, increases in real wages and expansion of international trade. The possible welfare implications of deep integration with the EU range from 5.8% of GDP in Ukraine to sizeable expected gains in Armenia (3.1%), Russia (2.8%), Azerbaijan (1.8%) and Georgia (1.7%).

Keywords: Institutional harmonization; European integration; European Neighborhood Policy; ENP; non-tariff barriers; NTBs; Computable General Equilibrium; CGE model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F14 F15 F17 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 96 Pages
Date: 2009
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