
Volodymyr Groysman and European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom discussed ways of deepening bilateral trade
Prime
Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman
held a meeting with European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström
on Thursday. The parties discussed ways to intensify bilateral trade
cooperation.
On the
proposal of the Prime Minister, the parties agreed to hold a joint meeting with
entrepreneurs in the framework of the meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association
Council in Brussels on December 19.
European
Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malstrom announced
about a decision of the European Commission to extend access for certain positions
of products of Ukrainian origin to the European market as addition to the DCFTA
for three years. The European Commission's proposal must be approved by the
European Parliament and the EU member countries.
Volodymyr
Groysman welcomed the relevant decision on additional
trade preferences and expressed his view regarding an opportunity to extend
quotas on a number of Ukrainian goods.
The Prime
Minister informed the European Commissioner about the agenda of Government’s
reforms aimed at improving the business climate in the country, among which
are: the continued efforts to root out corruption, deregulation, civil service
reform, large-scale public privatization and judicial reform. Another focus of
attention is restoring industrial potential of the country. The Government has
also resumed work with the International Monetary Fund, said Volodymyr Groysman.
In turn,
the European Commissioner stressed that the Commission is ready to prolong
supporting Ukraine in implementing reforms. She also noted that the Government
had managed to achieve this goal in a short time.