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: ''Accord de libre-échange Canada-Ukraine'' (ALECU), Ukrainian: ''Угода про вільну торгівлю між Україною та Канадою'') is a
free-trade agreement
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between
Canada
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and
Ukraine
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. According to the agreement, the signing parties eliminate custom duties on essentially all goods produced in one country and imported to the other.
History
On September 22, 2009, talks began between Canada and Ukraine on a free trade agreement began, as announced by Minister of International Trade for Canada
Stockwell Day
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A provincial cabinet minister from Alber ...
. Prime Minister of Ukraine
Yulia Tymoshenko
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hoped for more effective cooperation with Canada once the trade deal was cemented.
In July 2015 Prime Minister of Ukraine
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
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and Canadian prime minister
Stephen Harper
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Kyiv
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, Ukraine, came into effect on 1 August 2017. The signing ceremony in Kyiv was attended by
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Justin Trudeau
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(Prime Minister of Canada)
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Chrystia Freeland
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(Minister of International Trade (Canada))
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Petro Poroshenko
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(President of Ukraine)
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Volodymyr Groysman
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From 2006 to 2014, he was the mayor of Vinny ...
(Prime Minister of Ukraine)
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Stepan Kubiv
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The agreement entered into force on 1 August 2017 following its ratification in June 2017. In early 2020 Canada began public consultations on modernizing of the agreement. Canada and Ukraine announced new negotiations on modernizing CUFTA in January 2022.
See also
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Canada–Ukraine relations
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Free-trade agreements of Canada
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Ukraine
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Free Trade Agreement
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