Georgia: Election was just as much about the economy | Responsible Statecraft
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Georgia: Election was just as much about the economy | Responsible Statecraft
Summary:
- The article argues Georgia’s 2022–2024 politics and elections are inseparable from economic trends and regional security dynamics, especially Georgia’s EU and Eurasian trade ties and the impact of the Ukraine war.
- Georgia remains more economically integrated with Europe than some figures suggest, but EU trade constitutes about 21% of total trade, with Western European partners often exporting more to Georgia than they import.
- EU trade barriers and 58 EU trade-d
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