Ukraine will lose from an FTA with the EU

The European Union proposes that Ukraine unacceptable conditions in the preparation of agreements on free trade zone. This was stated by former President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine during the 8 th session of the Ukrainian-Russian forum "The partnership between Ukraine and Russia in the new reality of European Eurasian integration." "They offer us more than 400 seizures. What to say about what free trade?" If you look at the list of agricultural products, then there exists a tariff policy that we do there is simply nothing. We often throw in the people that we who offers, well, actually a truth we do not say where this will lead. So we have a free trade does not care if we completely undressed. here (in Ukraine) will go to everyone and everything, but there (EU) market for our products is closed " - said the former president. According to Leonid Kuchma, in the field of agriculture Ukraine can still compete with the EU, but not in high-tech industry, however, predicted Leonid Kuchma, the Ukrainian economy is unambiguously lose from signing agreements with the EU. As reported, the head of the negotiating group for the European Commission to establish a free trade zone Kuisson Philip believes that the agreement on free trade zone between Ukraine and the European Union is signed in 2011. In turn, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov considers that an agreement on an FTA with the EU can now sign on those positions that are fully compatible. According to him, those items for which an ongoing discussion, it should be outlined in an agreement. He said that currently 90% of the agreed positions of another 10% remain contradictions. Ministry of Industry