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Russia Doesn’t Care About Relationships

When countries export raw materials, as Russia does, they do not need to worry about their relationships with other countries because their products are easily marketable everywhere.

by Yukon Huang
published by
CNBC
 on September 5, 2014

Source: CNBC

Speaking on CNBC, Carnegie’s Yukon Huang explains that when countries export raw materials, they do not need to worry about their relationships with other countries because their products are easily marketable everywhere. Russia is a major exporter of oil and primary metal products, so it has little incentive to maintain good relationships with other countries, he said.

This interview was originally broadcast by CNBC.

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