One result of the Soviet break-up is that Georgian wine in now available in the US. See earlier and future posts on free Georgian wine tastings in Washington. The agreements between Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova and the E.U. will open the vast 28-nation E.U. market, with its 504 million residents, to tariff-free exports from the three countries in exchange for gradual work toward bringing regulations up to European standards. Leaders hope to follow the model of Poland and the Baltic nations, former Eastern bloc states that are now E.U. members and whose economies have grown significantly in the 23 years since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, by contrast, have struggled.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 02:32:39 +0000
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