EU/WTO ROUND UP – UKRAINE FOOD FLOODS INTO EUROPE
March 11th, 2023
As the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine passes – with 8,173 civilians killed as of March 5 (UN figures), the European Union (EU) has been debating dealing with a boom in Ukrainian food imports. While Ukraine food exporters have struggled to ship output via maritime ports, because of Russian naval action, the EU has strengthened road and rail land connections, plus riverine Danube ports. These ’solidarity lanes’ the EU has improved with EUR1 billion’s investment have expanded Ukraine food exports, said Janusz Wojciechowski, the EU ...
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