“Beggar Thy Neighbor? Application of SPS measures by the Russian Federation and Case Study: The Impact of the Russian Import Ban on Ukrainian Confectionary Producers” – Elena Besedina and Tom Coupe.

KSE professors Elena Besedina and Tom Coupe wrote a working paper for The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.

In this paper authors investigate the determinants of the SPS application by the Russian Federation. The economists hypothesize that, along with pure health safety and protectionist motives, SPS measures can be also used as means to exert political and economic pressure on the trading partners.

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