In October 2020, the UK and Ukraine signed a ‘Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement’. It is the first agreement signed by post-Brexit Britain with an emerging market economy.
Spanning over 200 pages, the agreement aims to strengthen political, security and economic ties between the two countries. It sets out an ambition to develop a framework for a so-called ‘Strategic Partnership Dialogue’ at a high political level and aims to unlock new resources such as UK Export Finance.
Participants
Wendy Morton MP, Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Ihor Petrashko, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Ukraine
David Riley, Deputy Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of Office, President of Ukraine
Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture; Trade Representative of Ukraine
Chair: Robert Brinkley, Chairman, Steering Committee, Ukraine Forum, Chatham House
