Economy Ministry Expecting Signing Of Agreement On Free Trade Area With Britain In 2021 After Its Exit From EU

The Economy, Trade and Agriculture Ministry is expecting Ukraine to sign a free trade area agreement with the United Kingdom in 2021 after it will have exited the European Union.

The State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

According to the report, other agreement on exit of the United Kingdom from the EU envisions a transition period that will last until December 31, 2020.

Until then Britain will remain a participant in the Customs Union of the EU.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on February 1, Britain officially exited the EU.

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3 comments

Excellent.

Instead of protecting the interests of fucking frog and kraut farmers, we will soon be able to buy much more Ukrainian produce.
“Primarily to protect French and German farmers, the EU has restricted food imports from Ukraine by imposing high tariffs. This has been to the detriment of UK consumers. The UK needs very different trade terms with major food exporters like Ukraine.”
Full article here :

https://cdn.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-can-feed-brexit-britain/