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Ukraine to ratify free trade deal with Canada within coming weeks
06.02.2017 16:01 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As of today, while speaking within a Parliament round table meeting, Ukrainian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv has said Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada will ratify an agreement on a free trade area between Ukraine and Canada within the coming weeks, Interfax reports.
«We expect a Verkhovna Rada session in the coming weeks and the ratification of the free trade deal with Canada,» he said.
As to him, a corresponding bill on the ratification is ready.
It is to be reminded, Ukraine and Canada signed a free trade agreement on Jul 11, 2016, amid Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visit to Ukraine.
Canadian House of Commons backed the ratification of the bilateral deal on Dec 14, 2016. Now it is the Canadian Senate that should decide on the ratification.
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