The comparison of key parameters of the agreement on EU-Ukraine Association and membership in the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus

Abstract

The article refers to the actual topic of choice of the integration vector of Ukraine based on the approximation of the signing in November 2013 the Association Agreement between Ukraine and EU, which will include an agreement on free trade area between Ukraine and EU. The advantages and disadvantages of the main parameters of a future Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, as well as the conditions for membership in the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus are considered and compared.
Key words: Association Agreement, a free trade area, trade in goods and services, the Customs Union, duties, markets, modernization.