Trade
WTO Posts Ukraine Trade Dispute Case Versus Its EU Neighbors
- Kiev alleges EU nations imposed an illegal ban on farm imports
- The four nations now have 60 days to enter into consultations
Farmers harvest a wheat field in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region.
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The World Trade Organization on Thursday published Ukraine’s request for dispute settlement proceedings after Poland, Hungary and the Slovak Republic banned imports of a range of Ukrainian agricultural goods.
Ukraine’s request for consultations marks the first formal step of the WTO’s lengthy dispute resolution process and could escalate into Ukraine’s first WTO dispute case as a plaintiff against a European Union member. Ukraine is simultaneously working to join the 27-nation bloc.