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Mixed expectations on Albania’s efforts to gain Kosovo market share after blockade on Serbian imports

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Dec. 19 – Albania will apparently find it difficult to gain sizeable market shares in Kosovo as the neighboring ethnic Albanian country continues applying 100 percent tariffs against Serbian and Bosnian imports in retaliation for their efforts in blocking the recognition of Kosovo’s independence and its membership in key international organizations. While Kosovo’s unilateral tax has received international criticism because of running against the regional free trade agreement, Kosovo authorities say it’s the only way to stop Serbian agenda against Kosovo’s independence and Euro-Atlantic integration a decade after its independence from Serbia. Tariff and non-tariff barriers…

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