Assessment of the Factors Forming Restrictive Measures for International Trade Projects and Prospects for the Development of Mutual Trade Institutions of the EAEU Group of Countries

Abstract

The authors consider aspects of the established practice of developing effective regulatory mechanisms for foreign trade projects organized by trade unions of countries. Using the grouping of protectionist measures of nontariff regulation of the EAEU countries, introduced in 2020, it was revealed that the main barriers and restrictions are institutional, not economic in nature. Special attention is paid to conducting a criteria-based assessment of the relationship between institutional barriers/restrictions and the level of obstacles using the chi-square criterion. Several statistical criteria were used to assess the degree of closeness of the relationship between the types of institutional barriers and the degree of their limitations, which are relatively easy to apply, but quite informative and meaningful in interpretation. The presented approaches in the analysis expand the possibilities of quantifying non-tariff mechanisms for regulating mutual trade projects in various trade unions organized by countries.