Assessment of the Impact of Potential Free Trade Agreement between EU and Georgia


Author(s): Pierre Garello, Jean-Marc Philip, Thierry Sebagh, Eka Avaliani

On November 14, 2006 at the 7th meeting of the Georgian-European Cooperation Council in Brussels, the European Neighborhood Policy Action Plan (ENP-AP) for Georgia was officially adopted. Georgia and the EU were urged to “jointly explore options for further enhancing bilateral trade relations, including the possible establishment of a free trade agreement between the EU and Georgia.” The present study reports on the feasibility and likely consequences of an FTA between Georgia and the EU.