The European Commissioner for Trade, Valdis Dombrovskis, met the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, in Kyiv on Friday 8 March. This was an opportunity for the two to discuss Ukrainian exports to the EU, some of which are causing problems for neighbouring countries.
For the past month, Polish farmers have been blocking lorries with Ukrainian foodstuffs at the border, in protest against the EU’s autonomous trade measures towards Kyiv. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk even raised the...