Czech Republic: Ukrainian Crisis Has Little Impact on Economy

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: March 6, 2014; 13:23 ♦ (Vindobona)

The economic interdependence between the Ukrainian and Czech economy is very limited. The unrests in the East European country will not affect the Czech economy.

Czech Republic: Ukrainian Crisis Has Little Impact on Economy / Picture: © Vindobona.org

According to Czech economists, the Czech economy will remain more or less unaffected by the unrests in Ukraine. Exports to Ukraine only contribute one percent to the Czech export volume. Even in case of gas supply shortages, the Czech economy would not be hurt.

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