The Ukrainian Parliament calls on the EU to extend trade benefits for exports.

The Verkhovna Rada adopted an appeal to the European Parliament, the EC, and the Council of the EU, along with the parliaments and governments of EU member states, urging them to extend trade benefits for Ukrainian exports until the terms of the free trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU are reviewed. Specifically, the Council urges the EU to maintain a mechanism similar to the autonomous trade measures until the updated annexes to the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU come into effect.

Additionally, the parliament emphasized the need for an urgent start and the greatest possible simplification of the negotiation process to amend the relevant annexes to the Association Agreement in terms of mutual tariff concessions for goods imports, taking into account mutual trade indicators from recent years.

Meanwhile, the FT reports that instead of free access to the EU market, the European Commission aims to negotiate broader trade liberalization with Kyiv by June 5 under the Association Agreement.