[20180222]IF10309_欧亚经济联盟.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 22, 2018Eurasian Economic UnionFigure 1. EAEU Member Countries Source: Graphic by Hannah Fischer at CRS. Background The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) integrates several post-Soviet states into an economic union. Established in 2015, the EAEU includes Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Russian Federation (Russia). The EAEU largely was a Russian-backed initiative, and it grew out of previous regional integration efforts, including the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Eurasian Economic Community, and the Single Economic Space. Perhaps the most significant precursor to the EAEU was the Customs Union (CU). Established in 2010, it included Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. It led to a common external tariff (CET), tied to Russias own tariff rates, as well as plans to develop a common customs policy. The EAEU emerged from the CU in 2015, but with two additional members: Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. The EAEU eases cross border trade and labor migration, and aims to eliminate non-tariff trade barriers among member states. Like the CU, the EAEU has a CET and, as of the start of 2018, a common customs code. The rates are relati