Uzbekistan at Crossroads: Why WTO Should Come Before EAEU

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Nearly 10 years after launching one of the most ambitious economic reform programs in the post-Soviet space, Uzbekistan stands at another crossroads. Having largely dismantled the inward-looking economic model inherited from the early years of independence, the country is nearing the final stage of accession to the World Trade Organization …

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