The EU and Belarus. Current and Future Contractual Relations

The chapter examines the contractual relations between the EU and Belarus as they stand today, and the future possibilities given the rocky history of relations. The main international agreement between the parties is still a legacy agreement from the Soviet era. Nevertheless, more engagement between parties has been happening, which has already led to new frameworks being established and interest in some continuation seems to be present. The author analyses the effect of international contractual obligations in Belarus, the peculiar case of WTO law being applicable in the country without membership thereof in the organization, the way the Eurasian Economic Union constrains possible deeper engagement of the country with the EU, and the role of values.