Comments on: Yes Virginia, Prices are Going Up Again http://www.kzblog.net/2009/12/20/yes-virginia-prices-are-going-up-again/ An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kenyonhttp://www.kzblog.net/2009/12/20/yes-virginia-prices-are-going-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Kenyon Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:20:08 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=1585#comment-490 A great blog on Kaz; for more info, too, specifically on Kaz economy, there's the Caspian Business Journal at www.caspibiz.com and Aizhan Mitteldorf's twitter feed. A great blog on Kaz; for more info, too, specifically on Kaz economy, there’s the Caspian Business Journal at http://www.caspibiz.com and Aizhan Mitteldorf’s twitter feed.

]]> By: Lucky21842http://www.kzblog.net/2009/12/20/yes-virginia-prices-are-going-up-again/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Lucky21842 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:19:04 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=1585#comment-260 [ Disclaimer - I am by no means a trained economist nor do I play one on TV ] I dunno the only thing I could really think to compare this to would be NAFTA, with sadly KZ and Belarus being the Mexico and Canada respectfully. I think there WILL be advantages in the long run for KZ, I think the country will see more Russian investment over Turkish/European. And possibly more outsourcing of work from RU. I also think it will help KZ farmers expand there market into the north. As far as these original tariff increases from what I have read they will only be temp. (6 months according to RFE.) You would have to imagine trying to sync the trading of countries serving such vastly differant countries would take some extreme measures. I just can't see the leadership of this country really taking the shaft from RU or allowing prices esp. food to balloon too greatly. Finally...haha I'm leaving ! Shoot me your adde and you and I will create our own trade union ( 24 boxes of Kraft Shells and Cheese...I'll give you a good deal ) [ Disclaimer - I am by no means a trained economist nor do I play one on TV ]

I dunno the only thing I could really think to compare this to would be NAFTA, with sadly KZ and Belarus being the Mexico and Canada respectfully. I think there WILL be advantages in the long run for KZ, I think the country will see more Russian investment over Turkish/European. And possibly more outsourcing of work from RU. I also think it will help KZ farmers expand there market into the north. As far as these original tariff increases from what I have read they will only be temp. (6 months according to RFE.) You would have to imagine trying to sync the trading of countries serving such vastly differant countries would take some extreme measures. I just can’t see the leadership of this country really taking the shaft from RU or allowing prices esp. food to balloon too greatly. Finally…haha I’m leaving ! Shoot me your adde and you and I will create our own trade union ( 24 boxes of Kraft Shells and Cheese…I’ll give you a good deal )

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