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Belarus PM: No free trade in EAEU yet

Roman Golovchenko

MINSK, 17 July (BelTA) – The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) has not succeeded yet in achieving free trade without exemptions and restrictions, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko said at a narrow-participation meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council in Minsk on 17 July, BelTA has learned.

“In line with an established procedure, our work will begin from discussing barriers in the internal market of the union. Unfortunately, our efforts to achieve free trade without exemptions and restrictions are still facing resistance,” Roman Golovchenko said.

Formation of common energy markets is still on the agenda. Today the parties will review progress in the establishment of the markets of gas, oil and petroleum products.

According to Roman Golovchenko, the implementation of the agreement on product marking using identification means is one of the most important issues. “It is vital to ensure the compatibility of national marking systems, the application of uniform requirements to national components of the information system of the marking. We should also have a look at the deadlines for introducing marking for individual product groups in order to understand whether they are still relevant and to make sure that they will not hamper mutual commodity flows,” the Belarusian head of government said.

In his words, efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic are also high on the agenda. The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council will consider a comprehensive plan in the field of public health.

The Eurasian Intergovernmental Council session in Minsk is the first offline meeting of the council since the start of the pandemic. The agenda features a broad range of issues related to Eurasian integration in trade, domestic market, competition, manufacturing, technical regulations and other matters.

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