The best aid for Ukraine is free trade,

The best aid for Ukraine is free trade, argues Ben Aris, editor/founder of bneIntelliNews. “If the West really wants to help Ukraine, it should drop the quotas on imports from Ukraine – or at least greatly expand them,” he writes. “Business would boom and investment should flow behind very quickly.” Noting that Ukraine’s egg and poultry sector “could largely destroy the industry in Western Europe,” he says: “If quotas are to be lifted it would have to be done in steps.” Noting political realities, he adds: “Relaxing the restrictions on Ukrainian exports to Europe would benefit everyone, except the European agricultural lobby.”