Pavlo Sheremeta met with EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht
On May 13,
Brussels was the venue for a meeting between the Minister of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine Pavlo Sheremeta and the EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht which took place in
the framework of a visit of the Governmental delegation led by the Prime
Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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The
parties discussed the current state of trade relations, specifically a regime
of autonomous trade preferences which is applied by the European Union since
April 23 to the goods of Ukrainian origin. The Minister of Economic
Development and Trade of Ukraine stressed that the abovementioned preferences
would provide an opportunity for Ukrainian business to feel in practice the
advantages of free trade with the European Union. Besides, Pavlo Sheremeta assured the new
Ukrainian leaders intend to sign the Association Agreement between Ukraine
and the European Union especially concerning free trade zone as soon as
possible. Pavlo Sheremeta and Karel De Gucht considered also how
to support Ukraine in trade area, including the steps in the World Trade
Organization frames called to facilitate stabilization of the balance of
payments in Ukraine, specifically through promoting export. |