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Reassessing tariff policies: implications of U.S. reciprocal tariffs for global trade and Georgia's economy
30 April 2025

In 2025, President Donald Trump reintroduced a sweeping tariff policy as a central element of his economic agenda. Framed as a “universal baseline tariff,” the new measures impose a 10% duty on all imports and introduce even higher reciprocal tariffs on countries with large trade surpluses with the United States. These policies mark a continuation and an escalation of Trump’s earlier protectionist approach during his first term.

April 2025 | ISET Policy Institute predicts 5.9% real GDP growth for Georgia in 2025 under baseline scenario
21 April 2025

Geostat has published its preliminary estimate of real GDP growth for February 2025, which stands at 7.7%.

March 2025 | Agri Review
01 April 2025

The planned 2025 budget for the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture (MEPA) amounts to 808.1 million GEL (an increase of 120.1 million GEL from the amount designated in 2024). The assigned budget was predominantly distributed across the following areas

March 2025 | ISET-PI forecasts 2025 GDP growth between 4.1% and 6.8%; January growth hits 11.1% despite rising political tensions
20 March 2025

Geostat has published its preliminary estimate of real GDP growth for January 2025, which stands at 11.1%.

Quarter 4, 2024 Macro Review | Georgia’s economic performance in Q4 2024: strong growth amidst stabilizing inflation and shifting external dynamics
28 February 2025

According to GeoStat’s preliminary estimates in the fourth quarter of 2024, Georgia’s nominal GDP reached GEL 25,309.6 million, with a year-over-year real GDP growth of 8.3% and a GDP deflator change of 4.0%. The economic expansion was largely driven by strong growth in several key sectors. The most notable increases were observed in Education (+36.2%), Information and communication (+29.7%), Human health and social work activities (23.6%), Mining and quarrying (22.5%).

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