With Britain apparently heading toward a ‘hard Brexit’

With Britain apparently heading toward a ‘hard Brexit’ three weeks from now, Ukraine is asking the UK to negotiate a bilateral trade deal to lower tariffs. On Friday, Prime Minister Shmygal asked UK Ambassador Melinda Simmons to start trade talks this month, even before the new bilateral trade treaty is ratified by the Rada. Signed in October by President Zelenskiy, the new trade treaty essentially continues on a bilateral level the trade rules that already exist for the UK as part of the EU.