Russia hopes to join the World Trade Organisation next year after agreeing on Wednesday (24 November) with the EU on tariffs for raw materials, a move that will be formalised at an EU-Russia summit on 7 December.
Russia's willingness to phase out export duties on raw materials such as timber - which are particularly problematic for countries like Finland, where timber and paper industry are a big share of the economy - removes an EU veto on Russia's WTO accession.
On the other han...
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