US EditionEU-Ukraine Trade Reset: What Comes After Tariff-Free Access Expires?
- The European Union ended tariff-free trade on June 6, 2025, reinstating tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural exports across its member states.
- This change followed the expiration of the temporary Autonomous Trade Measures established after Russia's 2022 invasion, which cannot be renewed and had already been extended once.
- The ATMs had eliminated tariffs and quotas, supporting Ukraine's wartime economy by allowing critical market access for key agricultural goods like grains and eggs, but the new framework will revert trade conditions to pre-war rules with reinstated tariffs and quotas.
- Ukraine faces an estimated €3.5 billion annual loss in export revenue and possible 1% GDP decline, prompting plans to shift towards processed goods and urging urgent EU negotiations for a better long-term agreement.
- The EU developed temporary arrangements described as a 'bridge' to prevent abrupt disruptions in trade while addressing concerns from member states' agricultural sectors, with ongoing talks to revise the long-term trade agreement framework underpinning relations with Ukraine.
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The temporary preferential treatment that Ukraine has had for the export of agricultural goods since the Russian invasion ends today. Brussels is working on a new arrangement, but it is sensitive because farmers from neighboring countries fear unfair competition. Since 2022, there have been no import duties or quotas for products such as grain, chicken and sugar from Ukraine. With this measure, the European Union wanted to give the Ukrainian eco…
A few months after the start of the Russian invasion, the EU launched trade facilitation measures for Ukraine. The regime is now running out. This has a clear impact on the attacked country.
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EU tariffs on Ukrainian goods return after 3 years of war, complicating Kyiv's path to European integration
The European Union is set to reinstate tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural exports on June 6. This is the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion that the EU will not renew an agreement suspending trade barriers between Ukraine and Europe. The end of tariff-free trade comes amid mounting opposition to Ukrainian
About three months after the start of the Russian war of aggression against its neighbour, the EU has launched trade facilitations for Ukraine - which have now expired.
EU-Ukraine trade reset: What comes after tariff-free access expires?
With the expiration of the EU’s tariff-free trade scheme for Ukraine, a new chapter begins in the economic relationship between Kyiv and Brussels - one marked by uncertainty, renegotiation and potential setbacks for Ukraine's war-stricken economy.
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