December 18, 2017, Stepan Kubiv, First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine signed the Agreement on Economic Cooperation between Ukraine and Portugal.

The Agreement will strengthen the development of bilateral economic relations between Ukraine and Portugal along priority areas of cooperation, such as the chemical industry, infrastructure, transport, tourism, the environment protection, energy efficiency and renewable energy, machinery, standardization, metrology and conformity assessment. It will also facilitate deepening of business contacts between the business circles of Ukraine and Portugal, ensuring the protection of industrial and intellectual property rights in line with national legislation and international obligations.