Council of Baltic Sea States

Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) in relation with International Trade

In the context of trade organizations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following definition of Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS): A regional cooperation organization including Denmark, the EC Commission, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, and Sweden; Belarus and Ukraine are observers. Objectives include economic assistance and cooperation; assistance to new democratic institutions; environmental protection; energy cooperation; humanitarian matters and health; and cooperation on transport and communication, culture, education, tourism, and information. The CBSS Declaration was signed by members' foreign ministers in March 1992.