Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 12/2009

Trade Relations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine

Andrzej Szeptycki

January 2008

The Polish Institute of International Affairs

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present the current state of affairs in terms of trade exchange between Russia and Ukraine, describe legal and institutional conditions that were designed to support bilateral cooperation and problems that both states face, as well as to discuss these problems in the international context, notably in the context of both countries. relations with the European Union and the WTO.