Natalia Mykolska: FTAs with EU and Canada promote investments into Ukraine

Natalia Mykolska, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade - Trade Representative of Ukraine, stated this during a seminar “Economic development of regions: strategy and tools for attracting investments and raising export potential,” an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"Free trade agreements are a factor for attracting investments," said Mykolska.

She stressed that among last large investment projects in Ukraine there were projects focused not only on the Ukrainian market, but also on exports to the European Union.

In addition, Mykolska said that these projects are often aimed at the maintenance of Ukrainian exporting companies, particularly the provision of storing, sorting and packaging of products.

Also, free trade agreements foresee opportunities for enterprises to export not only goods, but also services, the trade representative of Ukraine added.

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