Russian businesses commit to creating a better trade environment

A new tool has been developed in Russia to help create an enabling trade environment: the “Charter on Fair Participation in Foreign Economic Activity.” The Charter is the result of a series of complex consultations between government and business representatives on how the latter can back up government efforts to enhance the trade environment and, in particular, support the Russian Federal Customs Service (FCS) in the implementation of specific measures, known as the “10 Steps to Meet Business.”