EU pushes Georgia to let Russia join WTO

EU pushes Georgia to let Russia join WTO

Press quote (The Wall Street Journal)
Katinka Barysch
26 October 2011

The West also needs the foreign-policy boost following an uneasy time with Russia, said Katinka Barysch of the CER and author of a recent paper on Russian foreign policy. The EU and Russia have a wide-ranging partnership agreement that can't be concluded until Russia joins the WTO, and Washington has been trying to improve relations with Moscow. "The EU-Russia relationship is completely stuck, and the Americans are looking for something to continue the goodwill created by the [Obama's administration's] reset," Ms. Barysch said.