Costs and benefits of FTA between Ukraine and the European Union (Anglais)

This study examines modern state of economic relations between Ukraine and the European Union (EU), describes current negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area. Special attention is paid to the costs and benefits of implementation of EU's...  Voir la suite This study examines modern state of economic relations between Ukraine and the European Union (EU), describes current negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade area. Special attention is paid to the costs and benefits of implementation of EU's acquis communautaire in the field of corporate law and competition policy, liberalization of capital flows, regulation of financial intermediation and harmonization of environmental standards. Comparative analysis of certain free trade agreements with EU participation is an important part of the study. The rest of the report is organized as follows. Section two gives the overview on the EU-Ukraine economic relations. Section three is devoted to the current Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiation rounds and process. Section four contains stock taking on implementation of existing Ukraine's commitments in the framework of the world Trade Organization (WTO) and cooperation with the EU. Section five contains costs and benefits analysis of several specific topics of the potential FTA, namely implementation of company law and competitions policies, liberalization of capital flows, financial intermediation issues, and harmonization across environmental standards. Section six briefly discusses several EU FTA agreements aiming at identification of issues, on which the EU could insist.  Réduire