On December 31, 2015, the European Commission announced that on 1 January 2016, the European Union (EU) and Ukraine will start applying the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) which forms part of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement signed in June 2014. The rest of the Association Agreement, containing political and cooperation provisions, has already been provisionally applied since November 2014. With the entry into force of the DCFTA both sides will ensure that markets for…
The European Commission announced that on 1 December 2015, the EU Trade Commissioner Malmström, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Klimkin and Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Ulyukayev met for trilateral talks on the implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement/Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which will be provisionally applied as of 1 January 2016. The meeting was held In the framework of the trilateral talks and on the basis of…
The WTO announced Ukraine is set to join the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) after its accession terms were approved on 11 November, 2015. The WTO’s Committee on Government Procurement agreed to invite Ukraine to join the GPA based on the terms set out in a draft decision circulated to Parties on 9 October. Ukraine will formally accede to the GPA 30 days after it has deposited its instrument of accession with the WTO. Ukraine…
On 2 October 2015, the Official Journal published Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1764 of 1 October 2015 amending Decision 2014/512/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of Russia’s actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine. The Council considers that the restrictive measures in Decision 2014/512/CFSP should not affect the European space industry, and therefore, certain operations concerning specific pyrotechnics referred to in the Common Military List of the European Union, necessary for the use of launchers operated…
On July 14, 2015, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada and Ukraine have successfully concluded negotiations toward the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) which will boost commercial ties between the two countries. Canada and Ukraine launched free trade negotiations in 2010. Six rounds of negotiations were held between 2010 and 2015. Negotiations concluded in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 9, 2015. The announcement said that: The CUFTA will provide improved market access for Canadian exports to…