EU pushes Georgia to let Russia join WTO

The West also needs the foreign-policy boost following an uneasy time with Russia, said Katinka Barysch of the CER and author of a recent paper on Russian foreign policy. The EU and Russia have a wide-ranging partnership agreement that can't be concluded until Russia joins the WTO, and Washington has been trying to improve relations with Moscow. "The EU-Russia relationship is completely stuck, and the Americans are looking for something to continue the goodwill created by the [Obama's administration's] reset," Ms. Barysch said.