The European Union and the United Kingdom have taken significant steps regarding trade with Ukraine amidst the ongoing conflict in the region, influenced by concerns over Franco-Polish curbs. The EU, after much debate and consideration of the agricultural sector's concerns, reached a compromise to extend tariff-free trade with Ukraine for another year. This decision aims to balance support for Ukraine with the protection of EU agricultural markets. Meanwhile, the UK has independently decided to extend its tariff-free, quota-free imports from Ukraine for most goods for another five years, with a specific extension of three years for eggs. This move by the UK, as highlighted by UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, is aimed at defending freedom and democracy against the invasion of sovereign Ukraine by dictatorial Putin. Shapps also called on Europe to follow the UK's lead. The discussions and decisions around these trade extensions come amid concerns that additional restrictions on Ukrainian imports could potentially increase the chances that the conflict will drag on, a sentiment echoed by Kyiv.
Despite protests from farmers, the EU agreed to extend the duty-free trade regime for Ukraine for another year EU member states have reached a difficult compromise to extend duty-free trade with Ukraine for another year, Bloomberg reports. This happened against the backdrop of… https://t.co/YvXxh3SWPv
Ukrainian imports are splitting the EU The European Union will consider a bill on restrictions on the import of certain agricultural products from Ukraine, writes Courrier international. Some countries, led by Poland and France, consider it insufficient and insist on including… https://t.co/YiOOoI43xP
The ambassadors of the member states of the European Union agreed on extending the liberalization of trade with Ukraine on the condition that quotas and duties will be introduced based on the volume of imports not only in 2022 and 2023, but also in the second half of 2021. This… https://t.co/iucQzajSxO
⚡️ EU ambassadors agree on 'new compromise' to extend Ukraine trade deal. EU ambassadors "agreed on a new compromise" to extend the trade agreement with Ukraine, ensuring a "balanced approach between support for Ukraine and protection of EU agricultural markets," the Belgian…
EU states strike a hard-fought compromise to extend tariff-free trade for Ukraine for another year https://t.co/iJYhm6lFdH
⚡️ UK defense secretary calls on Europe not to curb Ukrainian imports. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps urged Europe not to restrict imports from Ukraine, reminding London's own decision to extend tariff-free and quota-free imports from Ukraine for most goods for another five… https://t.co/vaQghB66wi
The UK 🇬🇧 has done the right thing by extending our tariff-free, quota-free imports from Ukraine 🇺🇦 for most goods for another 5 years. The UK calls on Europe 🇪🇺 to follow suit to defend freedom & democracy against the invasion of sovereign Ukraine by dictatorial Putin 🇷🇺…
The EU debates putting tariffs and quotas back on Ukrainian produce 🙁 If we were still in the EU, we would have to follow suit. But we in the UK 🇬🇧 have done the right thing, extending our tariff-free, quota-free imports from Ukraine 🇺🇦 for another 5 years (3 years for eggs). https://t.co/BmgqegtQaD
Helps the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the detriment of Britain - Defense Minister Shapps was caught cheating At a special hearing of the British Parliament, Conservatives and Labor joined forces in a “surprise attack” on Defense Secretary Grant Shapps. They suggested that he was… https://t.co/Enuca3Yx2v
Kyiv did not like the infringements from the EU Additional restrictions on imports of Ukrainian products, the subject of fierce debate within the EU and designed to calm angry farmers, will hit Ukraine's income and "increase the chances that the conflict will drag on,"… https://t.co/Gq7erzzr3P
Franco-Polish curbs on Ukrainian imports risk extending war, Kyiv says https://t.co/XMtGdHebSz