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Advantages: First of all, customs duties will be reduced at union will accelerate accession to the WTO. Why? At present,
the border for products entering our country. As a result, the the average tariff rate in the country is 20% (if you add other
prices of goods and services in the domestic market will duties, it will be higher). The average tariff in the Eurasian
naturally fall. Consumers will benefit from this, as they will Economic Union is about 6%, and the average tariff rate in
be able to buy more expensive products at a lower price, as the WTO member states is about 9%. tariffs approach 6%).
well as increase their choice. In the short run, this will lead to This will automatically eliminate the main problem of
a reduction in the market segment size of manufacturers (as accession to the WTO. That is, in theory, joining the union
a result of increased external competition). In the long run, will make it easier (or faster) to join the WTO.
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.
Areas that do not have a relative advantage may disappear The conclusion that joining the union will dramatically
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,
Disadvantages: First, the Russian effect. Historically, at a tariffs on exports to the countries of the Eurasian Economic
time when European countries were imposing sanctions on Union have not been significantly affected. Joining the union
Russia, Kazakhstan, a member of the organization, also may lead to a slight reduction in tariffs (a very small change),
received sanctions from several countries. In general, the but it will not lead to a sharp increase in exports. However,
extent to which Russia participates in the political process import duties are the same not only for the member states of
will have a direct impact on the organization's activities in the Union, but also for other countries. That is, under the
the future. In other words, the imposition of sanctions on terms of the customs union, goods entering the territory of
Russia by other major leaders will affect other members of the union (regardless of the territory of the state) are subject
the organization. to the same tariffs. For example, if a product from China
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
If we look at the history of the Organization, we can see that process can seriously hurt domestic producers. Consumers,
Russia has repeatedly violated the agreements reached on the other hand, benefit from having the opportunity to
within the Organization. The recurrence of such cases in the buy cheaper than before. From an economic point of view,
future will lead to the deterioration of the position of the joining a union increases the well-being of society as a whole.
organization (in practice, will lead to the failure of the Because the damage to domestic producers and the state
organization). Or the actions of the Republic of Belarus: at budget will be less than the benefits to consumers.
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
In addition, we have competing countries in the organization, if so, joining the union will not be justified. The issue of
which are mainly engaged in the export of raw materials. In joining this union is the work of more politicians, and it is
this regard, the opening of borders to these states may not impossible to form a complete picture with economic
lead to any positive situation in practice. calculations alone.
Conclusions and recommendations List of used literature:
In my opinion, the fact that Uzbekistan is joining the [1] https://centrasia.org/news.A.php?st=1570799400&t
Eurasian Economic Union as an observer is the right g_rhash=b71ef5de4df03e
decision. The issue of migrants has often been at the [2] https://russian.eurasianet.org/node/60611
forefront of this alliance. I do not believe that joining the [3] https://daryo.uz/2020/04/04/ozbekiston-senati-
union will ease the situation for migrants. But I expected the yeoii-bilan-hamkorlik-masalasini-organishga-
decision not to join to make things worse for them. We know kirishdi/
Russian politicians who do not tolerate any inferiority in [4] https://www.institutfuersicherheit.at/did-the-
achieving their goals. After the sharp decision not to join the eurasian-economic-union-eaeu-create-a-common-
union, there was a growing pressure on our migrants in market-for-goods-services-capital-and-labor-within-
Russia. And given Russia's influence in Central Asia, we could the-union/
expect the pressure to be more than that. I think (if I think [5] https://www.export.gov/apex/article2?id=Uzbekista
so) that this decision was made wisely and will help the n-Import-Tariffs
national economy gain time until it recovers somewhat. [6] https://berlin-economics.com/wp-
content/uploads/2018-05-29_Presentation-
Will joining the alliance make accession to the WTO easier or EAEU_Moscow.pdf
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reduction of import tariffs. From this perspective, joining the

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