United States Should Establish Permanent Normal Trade Relations with Russia

In: Policy analyses in international economics 97

Abstract

Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Ch 1. Introduction -- Why the United States Should Grant Russia PNTR -- Ch 2. Russia's Rising Economic Significance -- Impact of the Global Economic Crisis on Russia -- Russia: The Wealthiest of the BRICs and Very Different from China -- Role in World Trade -- Role in US Trade -- US Direct Investment in Russia -- Ch 3. US Opportunities through Russia's Accession to the WTO and PNTR -- Tariff and Nontariff Barriers -- Access for US Agricultural Exports -- Access for US Industrial Exports -- Ch 4. Russia and the World Trade Organization -- History of Russia's WTO Application -- Effects of WTO Accession on the Russian Economy -- Ch 5. Conclusion -- Appendix A Gravity Model Assessment of the Impact of WTO Accession on Russian Trade -- References -- Index.