DISINTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN ECONOMIES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR MODES OF THE EU-UKRAINE DCFTA IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17721/apmv.2015.126.1.101-110Abstract
This paper analyses tendencies and mechanisms of Ukrainian and Russian
economies’ disintegration and influence of such disintegration on modes of full implementation of deep and comprehensive free trade area between Ukraine and the EU. In particular, this paper describes such tendencies and mechanisms as decrease in trade in goods and services, mutual investment shares of countries, migration and capital flows. Key factors that stipulate such disintegration are reduction of trade turnover due to trade war of Russia against Ukraine via discrimination of Ukrainian exporters, Russia’s deprivation of privileges of Ukrainian workers, etc. This paper also describes Russian’s position against the implementation of EU-Ukraine DCFTA and possible scenarios of future development of Ukrainian economy.
Key words: Disintegration, Ukraine, Russia, trade, economic war, investment, integration.