EU will pay attention to increasing trade with Ukraine - EU commissioner

He said this at a joint briefing with Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk in Kyiv on Tuesday, February 11, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.

"We are open to facilitate as much as we can trade between the EU and Ukraine. And therefore we agree that it is a priority to establish the ACAA - basically the synchronization of technical standards for industrial products so that we can facilitate trade. Our people will start working on this as a priority. And we will look at this issue very closely together and we will hopefully be in a position to make big progress, still this year, by starting the actual negotiations," Varhelyi said.

He also said that Ukraine and the EU should work on all areas "where we can bring growth and jobs back to Ukraine, especially when it comes to connectivity, when it comes to the Green Deal, energy, transport, education, everything that can contribute to making a strong economy in Ukraine."

Honcharuk, in turn, noted that the Ukrainian government and European partners are creating favorable conditions for Ukrainian exporters.

"Our priority is an 'industrial visa-free regime' with the European Union. That is, signing the Agreement on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products. We expect the arrival of a preliminary assessment mission to start the negotiations," he said.

According to Honcharuk, Ukraine's latest task to start negotiations on the "industrial visa-free regime" was the adopted law on market surveillance authorities reducing pressure on businesses.

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