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situation, what are the consequences of Uzbekistan's One of the main conditions for accession to the WTO is the
membership in the Organization? reduction of import tariffs. From this perspective, joining the
union will accelerate accession to the WTO. Why? At present,
Advantages: First of all, customs duties will be reduced at the average tariff rate in the country is 20% (if you add other
the border for products entering our country. As a result, the
duties, it will be higher). The average tariff in the Eurasian
prices of goods and services in the domestic market will
Economic Union is about 6%, and the average tariff rate in
naturally fall. Consumers will benefit from this, as they will
the WTO member states is about 9%. tariffs approach 6%).
be able to buy more expensive products at a lower price, as This will automatically eliminate the main problem of
well as increase their choice. In the short run, this will lead to
accession to the WTO. That is, in theory, joining the union
a reduction in the market segment size of manufacturers (as
will make it easier (or faster) to join the WTO.
a result of increased external competition). In the long run,
the competitiveness of domestic producers will increase and How will joining the union affect exports and imports?
exports will increase in areas with a relative advantage. The conclusion that joining the union will dramatically
Areas that do not have a relative advantage may disappear increase exports is not true. This is because the free trade
(not all). It is natural that there will be positive changes in agreement between the countries of the former Soviet Union
the logistics system. has been in force since 2011. This means that until now,
tariffs on exports to the countries of the Eurasian Economic
Disadvantages: First, the Russian effect. Historically, at a
Union have not been significantly affected. Joining the union
time when European countries were imposing sanctions on
may lead to a slight reduction in tariffs (a very small change),
Russia, Kazakhstan, a member of the organization, also but it will not lead to a sharp increase in exports. However,
received sanctions from several countries. In general, the
import duties are the same not only for the member states of
extent to which Russia participates in the political process
the Union, but also for other countries. That is, under the
will have a direct impact on the organization's activities in terms of the customs union, goods entering the territory of
the future. In other words, the imposition of sanctions on
the union (regardless of the territory of the state) are subject
Russia by other major leaders will affect other members of
to the same tariffs. For example, if a product from China
the organization.
enters the territory of Russia with a 5% duty, it means that it
Membership in the organization could increase Russia's enters Uzbekistan with the same duty. Given the current
influence in our economy. This will more or less undermine level of tariffs in our country, joining the union will provide a
economic freedom. huge incentive for imports in the short term. Of course, this
process can seriously hurt domestic producers. Consumers,
If we look at the history of the Organization, we can see that on the other hand, benefit from having the opportunity to
Russia has repeatedly violated the agreements reached
buy cheaper than before. From an economic point of view,
within the Organization. The recurrence of such cases in the
joining a union increases the well-being of society as a whole.
future will lead to the deterioration of the position of the
Because the damage to domestic producers and the state
organization (in practice, will lead to the failure of the budget will be less than the benefits to consumers.
organization). Or the actions of the Republic of Belarus: at
the time of the EU sanctions against Russia, the Republic of However, these analyzes do not lead to the conclusion that it
Belarus took advantage of this situation, that is, no sanctions is necessary to join the union, because the above conclusions
were imposed on Belarus from Europe.There have been are based only on purely economic calculations. It does not
many cases of the Republic of Belarus importing European take into account the fact that a state violates the laws of the
products (many of which have been converted to “Made in Union in its own interests, restricts trade and the political
Belarus”) into Russia through Belarus (which has caused consequences. Maybe the political consequences will be
significant damage to the Russian government). more costly for our country than the economic benefits, and
if so, joining the union will not be justified. The issue of
In addition, we have competing countries in the organization,
joining this union is the work of more politicians, and it is
which are mainly engaged in the export of raw materials. In
impossible to form a complete picture with economic
this regard, the opening of borders to these states may not calculations alone.
lead to any positive situation in practice.
List of used literature:
Conclusions and recommendations [1] https://centrasia.org/news.A.php?st=1570799400&t
In my opinion, the fact that Uzbekistan is joining the g_rhash=b71ef5de4df03e
Eurasian Economic Union as an observer is the right [2] https://russian.eurasianet.org/node/60611
decision. The issue of migrants has often been at the [3] https://daryo.uz/2020/04/04/ozbekiston-senati-
forefront of this alliance. I do not believe that joining the
yeoii-bilan-hamkorlik-masalasini-organishga-
union will ease the situation for migrants. But I expected the kirishdi/
decision not to join to make things worse for them. We know [4] https://www.institutfuersicherheit.at/did-the-
Russian politicians who do not tolerate any inferiority in
eurasian-economic-union-eaeu-create-a-common-
achieving their goals. After the sharp decision not to join the
market-for-goods-services-capital-and-labor-within-
union, there was a growing pressure on our migrants in the-union/
Russia. And given Russia's influence in Central Asia, we could [5] https://www.export.gov/apex/article2?id=Uzbekista
expect the pressure to be more than that. I think (if I think
n-Import-Tariffs
so) that this decision was made wisely and will help the [6] https://berlin-economics.com/wp-
national economy gain time until it recovers somewhat.
content/uploads/2018-05-29_Presentation-
Will joining the alliance make accession to the WTO easier or EAEU_Moscow.pdf
harder? [7] https://rg.ru/2014/11/12/duma-patenti.html
[8] https://ria.ru/20140529/1009667833.html

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