The report by CASE and Global Insight on “Economic Feasibility, General Economic Impact and Implications of a Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Georgia” studies economic implications of different degrees of integration between Georgia and the EU. The scenarios range from a simple removal of the remaining tariffs to a more complete elimination of barriers to trade and investment leading to a significant improvement of the business environment in Georgia. Following a fact-finding mission to Tbilisi in October 2007 the authors discuss the remaining challenges to institutional and regulatory harmonization in trade between the EU and Georgia, obstacles to further development of service sectors and FDI into Georgia along with the results of the survey of non-tariff barriers faced by the Georgian exporters to the EU. 

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