Russia: Eighteen Years of WTO Negotiations Continue
MOSCOW, Apr 25, 2011 (IPS) - After almost 18 years of unsuccessful but persistent struggle to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), experts say that efforts by Russian authorities have not been enough and have often lacked political will.
"Russia’s struggle to join the WTO has been because Russia has had great difficulty in deciding whether it really wants to accept normal WTO disciplines," Michael Emerson, a visiting lecturer at the Moscow State Institute for Foreign Affairs, told IPS.