GET Moldova and EXPERT-GRUP at a Breakfast Briefing with Journalists
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Members of the German Economic Team Moldova (Ricardo Giucci, Jörg Radeke and David Saha) and Adrian Lupușor, Executive Director of EXPERT-GRUP, held an unusual breakfast-format press briefing for journalists on optimal trade policy and potential future economic risks for Moldova and the Transnistrian region.
Ricardo Giucci, head of the team, dismissed the widespread myth that free trade with the EU is incompatible with free trade with the Customs Union countries. Trade with both blocs serves Moldova's interests, and there are no technical reasons that would undermine it. However, the political atmosphere poses considerable future risks that must be understood and managed.
Adrian Lupușor said the DCFTA with the EU will make Moldova a unique case, where companies can export duty-free to both West and East, supporting market diversification and robust, durable growth. Yet exploiting these opportunities depends entirely on the authorities' ability to implement the DCFTA requirements: the main challenge is putting the agreement into practice, not signing it. German Economic Team Moldova has been active since 2010, advising the government on economic policy, with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.
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