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UKRAINE, CANADA TO SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT ON JULY 11-12

21 June , 2016  

KYIV. June 21 (Interfax-Ukraine) – An agreement on the free trade area between Ukraine and Canada will be signed on July 11 and July 12 in Kyiv during a visit of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry has reported.
The ministry said that Trudeau said at the Ukraine-Canada Business Forum held in Toronto on June 20 that the signing of the free trade area agreement is of the highest priority.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Development and Trade Minister Stepan Kubiv added that the agreement would open a new phase in trade relations between the two countries.
As reported, Ukraine and Canada signed an agreement on the completion of negotiations on the free trade area between the two countries in July 2015.