IDM ¦ Column
European Dairy
Trade Policy 2022
44 · May/June 2022 ¦ international-dairy.com
EU – Ukraine dairy relationship
In a very quick and maybe more symbolic move, the European
Union has opened up its Single Market for Ukrainian exports, including
dairy: no quotas, no tariffs for Ukrainian dairy. Even if this
trade facilitation is – for the time being – restricted to one year, the
way forward here seems clear.
And as European Dairy Association, we are in talks with our
Ukrainian partners form the Ukrainian Dairy Association Union
(SMPU) / Спілка молочних підприємств України (СМПУ) to
define our dairy relationship and ways in which we can support
the Ukrainian dairy sector – which includes some European / international
dairies.
The world has changed since the European Commission had
defined the job description of the European Trade Commissioner
for 2019 – 2024.
‘Business as usual’, like the functioning of the WTO, the trading
partnership with the U.S., China and Africa were then put as
a priority as well as the conclusions of the trade negotiations with
Australia and New Zealand.
But also: ‘making trade more transparent’ with a commitment
to ‘highest level of transparency and communication with the civil
society’.
Over the last months, we live in a new geopolitical environment
and a new era, also for (dairy) trade:
EDA President Giuseppe Ambrosi
with USTR Julie Callahan, May 2022
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