On Wednesday 12 June, the Commission published its proposal for the signature and provisional application of the Agreement, in the form of an Exchange of Letters, between the European Union and Ukraine. The text amends the trade preferences for poultry meat provided for in the trade part of the 'DCFTA’ Association Agreement between the EU and Kiev, which has been in force since September 2017.
Under the trade component of this agreement, Kiev had obtained a large duty-free export quota,...