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The Eurasian Economic Union and the Integration Process in the Asia Pacific
Since 2015 Eurasian Economic Commission has become a key agent of Russian external trade policy, Conjunction policy with Belt and Road Initiative and has been responsible for all current FTZ negotiations and in a future – on wider frames of international cooperation that involves economic agenda. However because of a short track list of Commission’s activity, this field is not very well studied both in Russia and abroad. This article analyzes current international tracks between Commission and Asian countries and attempts to study other formats of cooperation with Asian actors where Commission can be involved in the future according to its mandate. Our study reveals that bilateral track remains dominant between EAEU and Asian partners and a switch to multilateral tracks like EAEU-ASEAN or EAEU-RCEP can occur only in a mid-term future. Both the analysis of open negotiations and Commission’s organizational resources prove this hypothesis.