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Ukraine files complaint with World Trade Organization over EU neighbors’ grain ban
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The government in Kyiv filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Monday over measures taken by Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
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Kyiv plans WTO action against three EU countries over the restrictions, Ukraine's Trade Representative Taras Kachka told POLITICO. Earlier, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia imposed their own bans on Ukrainian grain following the EU Commission's decision to end its restrictions.
Kyiv said its plans were in response to unilateral bans announced by the three states after an EU ban expired. The trio argue they are protecting their local markets, while Ukraine says the ban is "legally wrong."
On Sunday, Ukraine announced it will sue Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland at the World Trade Organization. Kyiv's complaint is those nations' rejection of new European Union rules requiring them to allow Ukrainian grain imports. Each nation fears that allowing importation of cheaper grain will…
Ukraine will move to challenge unilateral grain-import bans imposed by three of its European Union neighbors and weigh retaliatory measures as the dispute between war-time allies escalates.
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