Press Release: EU announces formal recognition of Russia as ‘Market Economy’ in major milestone on road to WTO membership

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Series Details IP/02/775 (30.5.02)
Publication Date 30/05/2002
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At the EU-Russia summit on 29 May 2002 European Commission President Romano Prodi took the unprecedented step of announcing that the EU would be granting Russia the formal status and treatment of a fully-fledged 'market economy', paving the way for Russia to join the WTO.
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Website: World Trade Organization https://www.wto.org/index.htm
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