The report analyzes the implementation of selected economic articles from the EU-Ukraine action plan, signed in 2005. The report team also examines the progress made thus far in opening the Ukrainian market and as well as prospects for liberalizing the trade in goods and establishing a free-trade zone between Ukaine and the EU. The team considers a possible mid-term solution that would go beyond the standard EU FTA, such as an enhanced free trade agreement and wider access for Ukraine to the EU internal market.
When discussing the most challenging areas of integration – the free movement of labour and short-term capital – the team makes suggestions as to what form of integration would be optimal for both sides, taking into account mutual constraints as well as the effects of deeper cooperation. In this section, the team explores possible ways to lower barriers to the movement of goods, services, capital and labour.
The report was presented to representatives of the EU and EC, Ukrainian officials, and members of the press in Kyiv on December 1st.
Further presentations are planned in Berlin and Brussels in early 2007.