The latest on Russia, Georgia and the WTO
Over at The Cable, Josh Rogin has some new material on the Russian bid to join the World Trade Organization. He’s spoken with several Georgian officials about recent American attempts to help bridge the gap between the adversaries. As a WTO member, Georgia can effectively block Moscow’s accession, and it doesn’t appear that American pressure ...
Over at The Cable, Josh Rogin has some new material on the Russian bid to join the World Trade Organization. He's spoken with several Georgian officials about recent American attempts to help bridge the gap between the adversaries. As a WTO member, Georgia can effectively block Moscow's accession, and it doesn't appear that American pressure has yet produced a breakthrough:
Over at The Cable, Josh Rogin has some new material on the Russian bid to join the World Trade Organization. He’s spoken with several Georgian officials about recent American attempts to help bridge the gap between the adversaries. As a WTO member, Georgia can effectively block Moscow’s accession, and it doesn’t appear that American pressure has yet produced a breakthrough:
Giga Bokeria, Georgia’s national security advisor, was also inside the meeting between Clinton and Vashadze. He told The Cable in an interview today that, while the Georgian government appreciates and agrees with the Obama administration’s emphasis on the Swiss process, which was initiated because Russia and Georgia severed diplomatic relations after their 2008 war, Moscow has shown no signs of moving toward Tbilisi’s basic demands. Thus, Georgia is not yet willing to support Russia’s WTO accession.
The news that Vladimir Putin will almost certainly reassume Russia’s presidency has added urgency to the effort to get Moscow into the organization. Putin is considered far less enamored of the global trade body than current president Dmitry Medvedev.
David Bosco is a professor at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. He is the author of The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World’s Oceans. Twitter: @multilateralist
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