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Ukraine, Turkey finish eighth round of FTA talks
01.11.2017 09:17 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ukraine and Turkey have finished the eighth round of negotiations on signing of the free trade area (FTA) agreement, Interfax-Ukraine says referring to the Ukrainian Economic Development and Trade Ministry report.
It is to be admitted, while speaking within the negotiations, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade/Ukrainian trade representative Natalia Mykolska said the sides discussed the access to agricultural goods markets in details.
As to the report, Ukraine and Turkey exchanged the updated proposals on liberalization of goods and services markets. The countries also discussed access to the services markets, determining of preferential rules of origin, e-commerce and integration of the provisions of the PEM Convention (the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin).
As to the earlier report, within the recent visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Ukraine special attention was paid to the trade boost and intensification of the negotiations.
It is to be reminded, the FTA with Canada took effect on Aug 1, 2017. Earlier representatives of the government had said that Ukraine could sign the next FTA with Israel.
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