Thursday, October 11, 2018

UK minister says British-Ukrainian trade deal to be top priority

LONDON – The British government will move to improve relations and prioritize a deep and comprehensive trade relationship with Ukraine after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, a top UK government minister pledged in London on Oct. 9.
Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox said that Britain and Ukraine had started developing a free trade agreement that would seek to replicate the conditions of the existing Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement between Ukraine and the EU.

On the same day, Bob Seely, a member of parliament from the UK’s governing Conservative Party and an elected member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said at the House of Commons, the UK parliament, that Ukraine and the United Kingdom were “natural allies” and that Britain had so far been “too soft” on Russia.
As the UK readies itself to leave the European bloc, it’s faced with the daunting task of negotiating dozens of new trade deals around the world.

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