Prime Minister of Ukraine
Volodymyr Groysman met with EU Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström in
Brussels on Tuesday. The parties discussed the state of implementation of the
Association Agreement, inter alia a deep and comprehensive free trade area.
The Prime Minister noted that
the execution of the Agreement is among the essential priorities of the
Government, and therefore "we need support from Brussels", he
highlighted. Both Ukraine and the EU are interested in DCFTA to demonstrate
positive economic effect in the near future. "It will be a political
"success story" in our bilateral relations", stressed the Head
of Ukrainian Government.
Volodymyr Groysman urged the
Commissioner to adopt as fast as possible a decision on the introduction by the
EU of additional economic and trade preferences for Ukraine. "The EU
should demonstrate strong support for Ukraine in the context of Russian transit
and trade restrictions", he highlighted.
In response, Cecilia Malmström said:
"In September we’ll be ready to announce additional trade preferences for
Ukraine". "It is important that the scope of the EU autonomous
preferences were ambitious and included critically important product categories
such as poultry, products of animal origin, flour, fruit juices,
electrical appliances, aluminium and articles thereof", said Volodymyr
Groysman.
The Prime Minister updated that
the Government of Ukraine is working on solving the existing "issues of
major concern" in the bilateral trade relations between Ukraine and the EU
and settlement of these creates the prerequisites for obtaining the second
tranche of the EU macro-financial assistance worth EUR 600 million.
Volodymyr Groysman gained the
support of the European Commissioner in the matter of establishment of an Office of Investment
Management, as well as the reform of the Ukrainian customs.
The parties pointed out mutual
interest in deepening bipartite collaboration on industrial policy. In this
framework they stressed the necessity to launch a High-Level Dialogue between
Ukraine and the EU on industrial policy.
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