China Edging Out Russia as Sanctions Redraw Kazakhstan Trade
- Kazakh deputy premier says China soon to be top trade partner
- Sanctions on Russia are transforming commerce in Central Asia
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An economic seesaw between China and Russia in Central Asia is moving toward a new equilibrium for Kazakhstan, which expects its eastern neighbor to come out on top as international sanctions over the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine transform commerce.
In the over three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia held on to its spot as the biggest trading partner for Kazakhstan even as China made inroads across much of the region that stretches from the Caspian to Manchuria.