September 18 – Ukraine is poised to take legal action against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia through the World Trade Organization (WTO) in response to their prohibitions on Ukrainian agricultural products, Ukrainian officials announced on Monday.
The formal complaint is anticipated to be submitted “in the near future,” according to a senior Ukrainian official. This move follows the recent decisions of these neighboring countries to enact bans on imports of Ukraine’s primary agricultural exports.
As reported earlier on Monday by Politico, Ukrainian Trade Representative Taras Kachka revealed in an interview that Kyiv intends to initiate legal proceedings against Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia.
The restrictions were originally imposed by the European Union in May, authorizing Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia to cease domestic sales of Ukrainian wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds while permitting the transit of such commodities for export to other markets.
Subsequently, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary independently introduced their own restrictions on the importation of Ukrainian grain on Friday. This action came after the European Commission opted not to extend its ban on imports into Ukraine’s five EU neighboring countries.
