title: Greater Europe From Lisbon to Vladivostok: Challenges and perspectives of a Common Economic Space
abstract: This paper aims to review the history of the idea of a free trade area from Lisbon to Vladivostok, or more specifically the creation of a free trade area between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union (or Russia in earlier versions of this idea). The present state of trade and investment relations between Russia and the European Union is examined. An extensive literature review is provided on the benefits of establishing a free trade area between the European Union and Russia (or the
journal: IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)