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23 Apr 2025 EEC Held Seminar on Developing Industrial and Agricultural Cooperation with Iran On April 23, the Eurasian Economic Commission hosted a seminar co-chaired by Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Gohar Barseghyan, EEC Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture, and dedicated to the prospects of cooperation with Iran in the field of industry and agriculture, including business participation in special economic zones in the EAEU and Iran. The event was organized in anticipation of the entry into force of the full-scale Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran. "Such seminars represent an effective platform where there is a possibility to discuss both problematic issues and those areas that could become a new point of growth in the development of our trade and economic relations," said Andrey Slepnev. He emphasized that once the Agreement comes into force on May 15 this year, companies from the EAEU countries will have unique conditions of access to the Iranian market and expressed hope that the parties will take full advantage of the emerging prospects, including in terms of establishing industrial cooperation. The agreement, in particular, provides for the creation of a number of dialogue instruments through which the business circles of the EAEU and Iran will be able to discuss various cooperation areas of mutual interest. "Within sectoral cooperation, we see significant potential in the interaction of industrial and agricultural enterprises, the development of scientific research, technology and innovation, and the expansion of cooperative ties. The EAEU states have great economic potential, while the availability of resources and joint actions open up possibilities to boost the mutual trade turnover of the Member States with Iran, increase the volume of competitive industrial output and develop exports of high-tech products," Gohar Barseghyan noted. The most promising areas of interaction with Iranian partners in the field of industry and agriculture are planned to be included in the draft Joint Action Plan (Road Map) on trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU, its Member States and Iran, which is aimed at implementing the provisions of the Agreement. The seminar was attended by representatives of government agencies, business associations and companies of the EAEU countries representing various industries and branches of agriculture and interested in developing cooperation with Iranian partners and entering the Iranian market.
11 Apr 2025 EEC held seminar on developing cooperation on technical regulation with Iran The Eurasian Economic Commission held a seminar under the chairmanship of Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Valentin Tataritsky, EEC Minister in charge Technical Regulation, on the prospects of cooperation with Iran in the field of technical regulation, turnover of medicines and medical products. The meeting was held ahead of the enactment of the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the Islamic Republic of Iran on May 15 this year. The seminar was attended by representatives of government agencies, business associations and companies of the EAEU countries interested in developing cooperation with Iranian partners and entering the Iranian market. "The Iranian party expressed interest in the convergence of regulatory approaches to clinical trials and registration of pharmaceutical products. For our part, we see the interest of the business community in the Iranian party eliminating technical barriers to the access of wheeled vehicles, as well as medical equipment," mentioned Andrey Slepnev. According to him, the improved regulatory part of the Agreement regarding technical barriers to trade fully complies with the rules of the World Trade Organization, which is especially important given that Iran is not a member of this international organization. "The most practice-oriented mechanism for settling the problems of product access to the Iranian market for our entities appears to be the working group on technical barriers to trade. The Agreement provides for the establishment of such a thematic group. The working group can consider specific export cases of our organizations related to technical requirements in Iran or conformity assessment procedures and try to reach some selective agreements," noted Valentin Tataritsky. He proposed that the full range of possibilities available to address technical barriers to trade should be considered, including bilateral agreements of the Union States with Iran. The most promising areas of interaction with Iranian partners in the field of technical regulation are planned to be included in the draft Joint Action Plan (Road Map) on trade and economic cooperation between the EAEU, its Member States and Iran, which is currently under development and is aimed at implementing the provisions of the Agreement.
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16 Feb 2023 Andrey Slepnev, "As of year-end 2022, trade turnover between the EAEU and China exceeded 200 billion dollars" текст The matters of technical regulation, application of SPS-measures, customs cooperation, interaction in competition and market protection measures were discussed by the participants in the third meeting of the joint commission on implementing The Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and the People's Republic of China that was held online on February 16 and chaired by Andrey Slepnev, Minister in charge of Trade of the Eurasian Economic Commission, and Li Fei, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the PRC. An important outcome of the meeting was adoption of the road map on promoting trade and economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and the People's Republic of China, on the other hand, that includes activities in the field of digitalizing rail transport, exchange of information on strategic planning matters and joint research on the prospects of cooperation development. Special attention was paid to implementing the industry agenda. In particular, it was agreed that this year the parties would hold joint events to study prospects for cooperation in the fields of public procurement, industry and finance, as well as for veterinary and phytosanitary cooperation. "We have agreed to continue promotion of the "Eurasian Agroexpress" project aimed at expedited transportation of food products from the EAEU to China by rail," told Andrey Slepnev following the meeting. "The project has a special significance in the context of diversifying the nomenclature of goods supplied by our Union and increasing the trade turnover with the PRC that exceeded 200 billion dollars as of year-end 2022." For reference The Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union and its Member States, on the one part, and the People's Republic of China, on the other part, was signed on May 17, 2018 and entered into force on October 25, 2019. The previous, second, meeting of the Joint Commission on implementing the Agreement chaired by Andrey Slepnev, EEC Minister in charge of Trade, and Wang Shouwen, Assistant Minister of Commerce of the PRC, was held via videoconferencing on December 21, 2021.  
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