Policy Comment EPC – CRPE Ending the cat-and-mouse embargos game. Making use of EU funds to steer West the Moldovan agriculture exports
by Alexandra Toderiță
Agriculture in the Republic of Moldova is an important economic sector, accounting for 41% of Moldovan exports and employing 1.3 million people, a large share of the working population. The EU has surpassed Russia as Moldova’s main commercial partner (54% of its exports go to the EU). In this Commentary, Alexandra Toderiță presents the impact of Russian sanctions on the agricultural sector in Moldova, and the European Union’s role in filling the void.
This Commentary is published in the framework of the EU-Moldova Think Tank Dialogue, a project financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania through its Official Development Assistance Programme, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – the Bratislava Regional Centre. The project is implemented by a consortium of organisations, including the Romanian Centre for European Policies (CRPE) in Bucharest and its Moldovan Branch in Chisinau; the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels; and the Foreign Policy Association in Chisinau.
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