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HOW WILL CLINTON DEFEND ARMENIA?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/28352
11:22 10/12/2012
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the
American government intends to thwart the formation of the new Soviet
Union. What is the U.S. going to do? What is it ready to do to prevent
the integration of post-Soviet countries around Russia?
The main method is the fortification of the Euro integration
of Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. However, since it is related to
bureaucratic and other difficulties, the U.S. is apparently going to
take up more effective economic measures. In this relation, we should
expect Western "investment expansion" in Armenia.
We can already see some signs: the U.S. ambassador left for his
homeland to attract investments of Diaspora Armenians to Armenia.
Premier Tigran Sargsyan is currently in the U.S. trying to boost the
creation of the Silicon Valley in Armenia and calls on the U.S.-based
Armenian scientists to "boost the development of science in Armenia".
While the ambassador and the Prime Minister are working in the U.S.,
a number of U.S. companies doing business in Armenia, urged the
Obama administration through letters to the U.S. Embassy to take
concrete actions to prioritize the growth of the Armenian-American
economic relations through the negotiation of the bilateral Trade
and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
The Armenian National Committee of America responded stating that
these companies provide jobs to thousands people in Armenia and in the
world. Among those, who joined the appeal of the "Microsoft", "FedEx"
and "NASDAQ" companies, are also: "Marriott", "Ameria Banking Group",
"Prudence Legal Advisory and Counseling", "Grant Thornton", "Baker
Tilley Armenia", "Synergy", "Tufenkian Heritage Hotels", "Altacode",
"Leda Campus LLC", "Levon Travel", "Unicomp", "Synopsys", "Megerian
Carpet", "National Instruments", "Mentor Graphics", "First Mortgage",
"Geoteam", "Hylink", "LC Distribution" and "Linkgard Systems".
The letter runs that the government of Armenia has been supporting
the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the U.S., as well
as the necessary Agreement on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement,
Social Protection Agreement and finally Free Trade Agreement for long.
It is not ruled out that the U.S. and Armenia will sign the Free
Trade and Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements, which will become
a good economic stimulus for Armenia to refuse integration into the
Customs Union.
Actually, the U.S. deprives Russia of the "carrot" with the help of
which it tempts the post-Soviet countries offering a large market
and preferences. The U.S. leaves Russia with the only option of the
"stick". The fact that Russia will try to use the "stick" causes no
doubt. And the U.S., along with such important economic "carrots", will
have to offer guarantees that it won't allow Russia to use the "stick".
From: A. Papazian
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/28352
11:22 10/12/2012
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that the
American government intends to thwart the formation of the new Soviet
Union. What is the U.S. going to do? What is it ready to do to prevent
the integration of post-Soviet countries around Russia?
The main method is the fortification of the Euro integration
of Armenia, Georgia and Moldova. However, since it is related to
bureaucratic and other difficulties, the U.S. is apparently going to
take up more effective economic measures. In this relation, we should
expect Western "investment expansion" in Armenia.
We can already see some signs: the U.S. ambassador left for his
homeland to attract investments of Diaspora Armenians to Armenia.
Premier Tigran Sargsyan is currently in the U.S. trying to boost the
creation of the Silicon Valley in Armenia and calls on the U.S.-based
Armenian scientists to "boost the development of science in Armenia".
While the ambassador and the Prime Minister are working in the U.S.,
a number of U.S. companies doing business in Armenia, urged the
Obama administration through letters to the U.S. Embassy to take
concrete actions to prioritize the growth of the Armenian-American
economic relations through the negotiation of the bilateral Trade
and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
The Armenian National Committee of America responded stating that
these companies provide jobs to thousands people in Armenia and in the
world. Among those, who joined the appeal of the "Microsoft", "FedEx"
and "NASDAQ" companies, are also: "Marriott", "Ameria Banking Group",
"Prudence Legal Advisory and Counseling", "Grant Thornton", "Baker
Tilley Armenia", "Synergy", "Tufenkian Heritage Hotels", "Altacode",
"Leda Campus LLC", "Levon Travel", "Unicomp", "Synopsys", "Megerian
Carpet", "National Instruments", "Mentor Graphics", "First Mortgage",
"Geoteam", "Hylink", "LC Distribution" and "Linkgard Systems".
The letter runs that the government of Armenia has been supporting
the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement with the U.S., as well
as the necessary Agreement on the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement,
Social Protection Agreement and finally Free Trade Agreement for long.
It is not ruled out that the U.S. and Armenia will sign the Free
Trade and Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements, which will become
a good economic stimulus for Armenia to refuse integration into the
Customs Union.
Actually, the U.S. deprives Russia of the "carrot" with the help of
which it tempts the post-Soviet countries offering a large market
and preferences. The U.S. leaves Russia with the only option of the
"stick". The fact that Russia will try to use the "stick" causes no
doubt. And the U.S., along with such important economic "carrots", will
have to offer guarantees that it won't allow Russia to use the "stick".
From: A. Papazian