The DCFTA between Moldova and the EU – A Risk Assessment

The Republic of Moldova and the European Union are in the process of negotiating a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA). Naturally, an important aspect of this agreement will be reducing and abolishing the remaining import tariffs. However, being a deep and comprehensive trade agreement, the negotiations will also attempt to remove non-tariff trade barriers and accelerate harmonisation of regulations in additional selected areas, such as specific service sectors, energy, and competition policy. In this regard, the objective of this policy paper is to analyze the risks of DCFTA Implementation in the Republic of Moldova.