Kyiv plans WTO action against three EU countries over ‘ridiculous’ restrictions, trade chief says.
Kyiv will sue Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over their refusal to drop a ban on Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukraine’s Trade Representative Taras Kachka told POLITICO's Brussels Playbook in an exclusive interview.
Following the expiry of the restrictive measures on Ukrainian exports of grain and other foodstuff to the EU, Ukraine agrees to introduce measures to avoid a renewed surge in EU imports.
This was reported by the European Commission on Friday, September 15, 2023.
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Vasyl Zvarych, reacted critically to the statement in the Polish media by the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Robert Telus, who called the agricultural sector of Ukraine "a threat to the agriculture of the EU countries".
Vasyl Zvarych wrote about this on Twitter.
Wine output in Italy looks set to fall 12% this year to below 44 million hectolitres after extreme weather and fungal diseases severely hit vineyards, Italian wine lobbies UIV and Assoenologi said on Tuesday.
Another massive attack on the ports of the Danube Region. On the night of September 13, Russia attacked Reni and Izmail in the Odesa region with attack drones.
This was announced on Facebook by the Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine – Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov.
It is important that the state buys the crop from the farmers with European funds, so that they could have the opportunity to work further.
Dmytro Solomchuk, MP and a member of Verkhovna Rada’s Agrarian and Land Policy Committee made this statement during a briefing at Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform.
The Ukrainian Grain Association has founded a Charity Fund to help Ukrainian farmers clear their fields of mines and be able to sow and grow grain again. Today, 6 million hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine have been affected by the war – mined, contaminated, occupied, or undergoing military operations.
Ukraine will apply to WTO arbitration for compensation for damages for violation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) if Poland blocks the export of Ukrainian grain.
The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, wrote about this on Twitter.
Astarta started harvesting sugar beet. The farmers of its agricultural subsidiaries in the Vinnytsia region were the first to commence operations on 8 September, with farmers in the Poltava region to follow from 14 September.
New intelligence shows the intended target of a Russian missile attack in the Black Sea was a cargo ship.