A mistake by the European Commission led to a dispute between Poland and Ukraine over grain. In an interview with the newspaper on this subject Policy said Bruegel Center analyst David Kleimann.
“It is incomprehensible how the head of the commission could allow grain imports through the EU solidarity channel to lead to a Polish-Ukrainian conflict,” he said.
The documents say the EC ignored requests from Eastern European countries to ban grain imports from Ukraine. Ukraine filed a lawsuit with the World Trade Organization (WTO), and it turned out that the European Commission represented the interests of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, which did not accept the positions of these countries. According to Kleimann, this was a terrible outcome both for Kiev and for the European Union as a whole.
The other day, Polish Minister of Agriculture and Food Robert Telus said: does not detect The statements of Deputy Minister of Economy, Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka regarding the grain scandal and his complaint to the WTO were seriously revealed.
On September 15, the EU leadership took a decision subtract Banning the import of Ukrainian grain into the countries of the regional community. Brussels also demanded that Kiev take measures to control the export of products and develop an action plan.
Despite this, some states consider these measures to be inadequate and independent elongated Embargo on Ukrainian grain supplies. These included Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Later, due to this decision, Ukrainian authorities filed a lawsuit against these countries with the WTO.
Previously expert appreciated Kiev’s chance to stake a claim against three EU countries at the WTO.
Source: Gazeta
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