?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4592%2F&rft.title=International+Trade+Issues+of+the+Russian+Federation&rft.creator=Gacs%2C+J.&rft.creator=Peck%2C+M.J.&rft.description=Trade+and+capital+flows+between+Russia+and+the+rest+of+the+world+are+now+significant+for+both+partners.+The+economic+reforms+introduced+in+Russia+since+1991+have+converted+an+autarkic%2C+highly+regulated+economy+into+a+relatively+open+one.+The+dramatic+change+followed+from+the+abolition+of+central+planning+and+complex+exchange+rate+controls+as+Yeltsin+came+to+power+in+Russia+and+the+Soviet+Union+collapsed.+Yet+the+years+since+1991+are+not+simply+a+record+of+tearing+down+trade+barriers.+Instead+Russia's+role+in+the+international+economy+appears+to+be+erratic+and+inconsistent.+Also+the+transformation+of+earlier+inter-republic+deliveries+between+former+republics+of+the+Soviet+Union+to+trade+between+independent+states+implied+the+sometimes+controversial+establishment+of+new+trade+barriers.+The+country's+struggle+to+develop+a+viable+trade+policy+provides+unique+insights+into+the+consequences+of+the+conflicts+of+economic+ideas%3A+free+trade+versus+protectionism%3B+rewards+for+economic+efficiency+versus+social+equity%3B+and+macroeconomic+stability+versus+maintaining+employment.+The+clash+among+policy+proposals+has+been+reflected+in+political+struggles%2C+for+the+decisions+on+these+matters+have+an+impact+on+the+lives+of+the+179+million+Russians.+%0A%0AThe+topic+of+this+volume+--+International+Trade+Issues+of+the+Russian+Federation+--+is+a+key+issue+in+Russia's+transition+to+a+market+system+and+its+integration+into+the+world+economy.+Since+1990%2C+the+International+Institute+for+Applied+Systems+Analysis+(IIASA)+has+had+a+project+on+Russia's+economic+problems.+The+project+has+organized+a+series+of+conferences.+The+papers+that+make+up+this+volume+are+from+a+conference+held+in+May+1994+in+Laxenburg%2C+Austria.+The+conference+was+on+Russia's+international+trade+issues%2C+aside+from+its+ties+to+the+republics+of+the+former+Soviet+Union%2C+a+topic+of+a+1993+conference.&rft.publisher=CP-95-002&rft.date=1995-03&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4592%2F1%2FCP-95-002.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gacs%2C+J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1272.html%3E+%26+Peck%2C+M.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F2281.html%3E++(1995).++International+Trade+Issues+of+the+Russian+Federation.+++IIASA+Collaborative+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+CP-95-002+++++