Is Georgia Ready for a Free Trade Agreement with the EU?
Hinting at an answer, CASE Vice-President, Malgorzata Jakubiak, presented the major findings of the study on The Economic Feasibility, General Economic Impact and Implications of Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Georgia According to the European Union Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan during an Eurasia Partnership Foundation Forum held in Tbilisi on 1st October.
The Forum, EU-Georgia Free Trade Agreement: Support for Stakeholders Dialogue, establishes a platform of discussion between different stakeholders on the costs and benefits of creating a Free Trade Area between the EU and Georgia.
CASE's report, the outcome of a joined effort with Global Insight, identifies and analyzes different degrees of trade integration to see which FTA between the EU and Georgia, if any, would be both economically viable and feasible.