All eyes are on the Ukraine crisis these days. Today, EU leaders are preparing to issue a new list of individuals active in the breakaway regions of Donbass who will be barred from entering the EU and whose assets will be frozen. But what about Moldova? Without a more thorough strategy to strengthen the …
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Russia warns Ukraine and EU not to implement Association Agreement
This article was first published by Business New Europe, our editorial Partner. Russian economy minister Aleksei Ulyukaev has warned Ukraine and the EU in a letter not to implement their Association Agreement signed on September 15. Otherwise Russia will place restrictions on its trade with Ukraine. Postponement of implementation of the …
Implementation of EU Ukraine DCFTA postponed until December 2015
On Friday the EU announced it had decided with Ukraine to postpone until December 2015 the implementation of the free trade agreement (DCFTA) they inked last June. The announcement had come after a day of tripartite discussions between Brussels, Kyiv and Moscow over the implementation of the deal.
EU Ukraine DCFTA : EU ready to agree to significant carve-outs
[sh_light_text ]The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung writes this morning that the EU is ready to accept that large swaths of the 1500-page long deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) signed this spring with Ukraine will not come into force. [/sh_light_text] Today, officials from Ukraine, Russia and the EU are holding a meeting to reach …
EU Parliament to ratify EU Ukraine DCFTA this month
The European Union (EU) parliament’s trade committee (INTA) agreed today to ratify the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the trade deal (DCFTA) that is embedded in it, in an unusual fast-track procedure. The aim is to ratify the deal signed last June simultaneously with Ukraine, in a sign of support for the country.
EU Ukraine DCFTA vs Eurasian customs union: flexibilities on technical standards implementation in sight
[sh_light_text ]During a summit in Minsk this week German Chancellor Angela Merkel provoked an outcry when she told Russian President Vladimir Putin that she wouldn’t raise objections if Ukraine decided to join the Eurasian Union, the regional economic and political project championed by Moscow. Commentators in Europe have seen this …
Column: 10 headline figures – EU-Russia economics and trade this summer
By Iana Dreyer This has been a sad summer for Europe. The fact that holiday pleasures for those who enjoyed some were dampened by bad weather turns out to be a minor inconvenience in a season overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine, the political unravellings in the Middle East, and bad news for the economy in Eurozone’s core economies, including …
Comment: Not going ballistic – Why Russia won’t start a trade war with Ukraine this time round
[sh_light_text ]High-level officials from the European Union (EU), Ukraine and Russia are holding a ‘trilateral’ meeting in Brussels today. They plan to address Russia’s commercial concerns about the impact the free trade deal (DCFTA) Brussels and Kiev signed in late June might have on its trade with Ukraine. Ukraine and …
Blog: Reading for the week-end – Ukraine-Russia trade issues
Next week, Brussels, Kiev and Moscow are expected to discuss their tripartite trade relationship after the EU and Ukraine finally signed off their Association Agreement one week ago. Over the last week, our partner BNE published a series of articles related to the whole Ukraine issue that are really worth reading.
EU ban on Crimean goods ahead of free trade accord won’t crimp Ukrainian exports
[sh_light_text ]The European Union’s (EU) Council decision on Monday to exclude the annexed peninsula Crimea from trade benefits granted to Ukraine probably won’t significantly affect the country’s exports to Europe. The greater threat stems from instability in eastern Ukraine, which is part of the country’s industrial heartland. Brussels and Kiev are expected …
