The National Interests: “Georgia Deserves a Free Trade Agreement with America”
The article reads that despite its territories being occupied by Russia, Georgia has shown stunning progress. Photo: shutterstock.com
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American magazine for international affairs the National Interests has released an article which says that Georgia deserves a free trade deal with the United States, adding that “Tbilisi has proven that it deserves the US commitment and a stronger alliance.”
The article reads that a NATO aspirant since 2008, Georgia has been especially close with the EU since 2014, when Tbilisi entered the EU-Georgia Association Agreement.
Among other provisions, that pact established a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, giving Georgia the so-called "four freedoms" of the EU Single Market: free movement of goods, services, capital and people.”
The article says that Georgia has also maintained a solid partnership with the United States.
It has contributed to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan for years, and still has 870 soldiers stationed there. This has been no mere back-of-the-line service, either. Georgia has suffered the highest casualty rate of all coalition partners in Afghanistan.”
The story reads that back home, Georgia has done an “outstanding job” of throwing off the shackles of its Soviet past and liberalizing it economy.
The Heritage Foundation has published its annual Index of Economic Freedom since 1996. During that time, Georgia jumped from the ranks of “economically repressed” countries and joined the ranks of the “economically free.” Its ascension in Index rankings, from number 124 to number 16, is the greatest improvement on record.”
The authors end the story by saying that Georgia has proven that it deserves US commitment and a stronger alliance.
It’s also shown that it is capable and deserving of a free trade agreement with the United States. There’s no time to waste in creating one.”
One of the authors of the article, James Jay Carafano is vice president in charge of research on national security and foreign relations for The Heritage Foundation. Another author Alexis Mrachek is a research assistant specializing in Russian and Eurasian policy at the think tank.
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The Daily Signal has published an article noting Georgia’s partnership with the United States in many global issues including containing Russian expansionism, support to the US efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and the partnership in combat against the new coronavirus.