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Opportunities for Overcoming Crisis in Russia’s Trade with Vietnam: Contradictions, New Risks, and Shocks

Abstract

Due to the catastrophically difficult economic situation in Russia as a result of sanctions and lack of development strategy, trade with Vietnam is currently in a crisis, its weak growth being mostly attributable to the import of Vietnamese goods in Russia. There is a huge trade deficit between Russia and Vietnam. In spite of this, Vietnam remains interested in Russia as a reliable investment partner and, more recently, as a supplier of state-of-the-art military equipment. Russia has not yet considered the rapid growth of Vietnam’s trade with the major economies of the U.S.A., China, the European Union, and more developed countries of Southeast Asia-members of the ASEAN. Russia has been trying to overcome the existing crisis in trade relations through a 2016 transition toward free trade within the free trade zone of the Eurasian Economic Union with Vietnam, in which Russia plays a major role as the main importer of Vietnamese goods. Aim. The present study aims to examine the causes of the persistently low volume of trade with Vietnam at a time of active trade with the U.S.A. and developed European and Asian countries. Tasks. The authors identify Russian and Vietnamese commodity resources and trade growth factors and summarize the preliminary results of trade within the E.E.U.-Vietnam free trade zone. Has it produced the expected effects over the last two years? Results. The current economic situation in Vietnam and Russia and the current state of their economic sectors involved in mutual trade are determined. Potential shocks and new threats for Russia and Vietnam today and ways of overcoming them are identified. Preliminary results of Russian trade with Vietnam within the free trade zone are summarized in the context of the expected effects and available resources for development in the coming years.

About the Authors

Vu Thuy Trang
Center of studying of Russia and CIS of Institute of the European research of the Vietnamese academy of Social sciences
Russian Federation


Tat’yana V. Lezhenina
Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation


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Trang V.T., Lezhenina T.V. Opportunities for Overcoming Crisis in Russia’s Trade with Vietnam: Contradictions, New Risks, and Shocks. Economics and Management. 2018;(5):17-21. (In Russ.)

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