How Charap still doesn't grapple with how this war started in 2013/14 over Putin's opposition to Ukraine's DCFTA with the EU is quite remarkable in itself.
December 26, 2024 at 9:38 AM
How Charap still doesn't grapple with how this war started in 2013/14 over Putin's opposition to Ukraine's DCFTA with the EU is quite remarkable in itself.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 The EU & Ukraine have concluded talks on updating the DCFTA, after autonomous trade measures ended June 5. The new deal boosts trade ties, aids EU accession, and includes Ukraine’s pledge to align its agri-standards with EU norms by 2028.
July 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🇪🇺🇺🇦 The EU & Ukraine have concluded talks on updating the DCFTA, after autonomous trade measures ended June 5. The new deal boosts trade ties, aids EU accession, and includes Ukraine’s pledge to align its agri-standards with EU norms by 2028.
This despite the fact that the EU had made very clear the DCFTA did not require any rupture in trade relations with Russia, and Russia could not explain its actual objection to the DCFTA
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This despite the fact that the EU had made very clear the DCFTA did not require any rupture in trade relations with Russia, and Russia could not explain its actual objection to the DCFTA
EU and Ukraine agree on amendments to trade deal ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU and Ukraine reach agreement in principle on a modernised trade relationship
The Commission has concluded negotiations with Ukraine on the review of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
ec.europa.eu
June 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
EU and Ukraine agree on amendments to trade deal ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
⚡️ EU considering new trade regime with Ukraine, media reports.
While the EU Commission does not plan to reinstate pre-invasion trade rules, it is considering alternatives with additional safeguards, RMF24 reported.
While the EU Commission does not plan to reinstate pre-invasion trade rules, it is considering alternatives with additional safeguards, RMF24 reported.
EU considering new trade regime with Ukraine, media reports
While the European Commission allegedly does not plan to reinstate pre-war trade rules, it is considering alternatives within the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) framework, including qu...
kyivindependent.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
⚡️ EU considering new trade regime with Ukraine, media reports.
While the EU Commission does not plan to reinstate pre-invasion trade rules, it is considering alternatives with additional safeguards, RMF24 reported.
While the EU Commission does not plan to reinstate pre-invasion trade rules, it is considering alternatives with additional safeguards, RMF24 reported.
Canada are rumoured to want to cancel their F35s jet orders from USA and buy European instead.
Canada could jump on board the EUs €800billion weapons programme with an EU DCFTA quite quickly.
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
Canada could jump on board the EUs €800billion weapons programme with an EU DCFTA quite quickly.
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
Deep and comprehensive free trade agreements | Access2Markets
DCFTAs
trade.ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Canada are rumoured to want to cancel their F35s jet orders from USA and buy European instead.
Canada could jump on board the EUs €800billion weapons programme with an EU DCFTA quite quickly.
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
Canada could jump on board the EUs €800billion weapons programme with an EU DCFTA quite quickly.
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
⚡️5 EU members reportedly unhappy with new Ukraine trade deal.
Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc, European Pravda reported on July 14, citing several EU diplomats.
Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc, European Pravda reported on July 14, citing several EU diplomats.
5 EU members reportedly unhappy with new Ukraine trade deal
"They believe that a new agreement within the framework of the (Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area) DCFTA could destabilize European markets," a source present during an EU Agriculture Council mee...
kyivindependent.com
July 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
⚡️5 EU members reportedly unhappy with new Ukraine trade deal.
Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc, European Pravda reported on July 14, citing several EU diplomats.
Five EU member states are unhappy with a new trade agreement between Ukraine and the bloc, European Pravda reported on July 14, citing several EU diplomats.
excellent initiative and as a reminder, Ukraine is also one of the DCFTA candidate countries to join the EU..which means they get access to the single market (certain sectors) soon.
🚨🚨Great news: @ec.europa.eu is devising a scheme to transfer almost €200 billion in #Russian immobilized #assets to rebuild #Ukraine at the end of the war. www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU moves closer to using Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine
Foreign ministers on Saturday will discuss plans to transfer the funds into riskier investments.
www.politico.eu
August 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
excellent initiative and as a reminder, Ukraine is also one of the DCFTA candidate countries to join the EU..which means they get access to the single market (certain sectors) soon.
Russia is so much weaker now than it would have been if it had just let Ukraine sign the DCFTA with the EU back in 2014
June 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Russia is so much weaker now than it would have been if it had just let Ukraine sign the DCFTA with the EU back in 2014
The DCFTA has already led to full alignment of Ukrainian regulatory and legal frameworks with EU frameworks half a decade ago. The battle over signing that agreement is why Maidan happened in the first place.
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The DCFTA has already led to full alignment of Ukrainian regulatory and legal frameworks with EU frameworks half a decade ago. The battle over signing that agreement is why Maidan happened in the first place.
For the record:
At end of 2014, EU + Ukraine provisionally applied DCFTA, the at least then (but to my non-expert knowledge still) most comprehensive TA the EU had (or has) with any non-EEA/EFTA state:
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
This undoubtedly helped Ukraine, but only economically.
At end of 2014, EU + Ukraine provisionally applied DCFTA, the at least then (but to my non-expert knowledge still) most comprehensive TA the EU had (or has) with any non-EEA/EFTA state:
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
This undoubtedly helped Ukraine, but only economically.
trade.ec.europa.eu
September 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
For the record:
At end of 2014, EU + Ukraine provisionally applied DCFTA, the at least then (but to my non-expert knowledge still) most comprehensive TA the EU had (or has) with any non-EEA/EFTA state:
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
This undoubtedly helped Ukraine, but only economically.
At end of 2014, EU + Ukraine provisionally applied DCFTA, the at least then (but to my non-expert knowledge still) most comprehensive TA the EU had (or has) with any non-EEA/EFTA state:
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
This undoubtedly helped Ukraine, but only economically.
EU and Moldova agree to update free trade agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU and Moldova reach agreement on a modernised trade relationship
The EU and Moldova have reached an agreement to review and update the trade terms of the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
ec.europa.eu
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
EU and Moldova agree to update free trade agreement
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Revised EU/Ukraine free trade agreement comes into force - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Upgraded EU-Ukraine trade agreement enters into force
As of today, the EU and Ukraine will benefit from an enhanced, stable, fair and permanent trade framework, with the entry into force of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
ec.europa.eu
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Revised EU/Ukraine free trade agreement comes into force - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
and Ukraine (since 2025) are part of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). As far as I understand, DCFTA membership agreements don't exempt candidate countries from Art. 49, which requires the initiation of the accession process. The DCFTA is about developing and designing
February 22, 2026 at 5:25 AM
and Ukraine (since 2025) are part of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). As far as I understand, DCFTA membership agreements don't exempt candidate countries from Art. 49, which requires the initiation of the accession process. The DCFTA is about developing and designing
Kyiv closer to single market, new EU-Ukraine trade agreement enters into force
The DCFTA revision envisages new liberalisation subject to Kyiv's gradual alignment with EU production standards, and a safeguard mechanism to protect European agriculture.
The DCFTA revision envisages new liberalisation subject to Kyiv's gradual alignment with EU production standards, and a safeguard mechanism to protect European agriculture.
Kyiv closer to single market, new EU-Ukraine trade agreement enters into force
The DCFTA revision envisages new liberalisation subject to Kyiv's gradual alignment with EU production standards, and a safeguard mechanism to protect European agriculture.
www.eunews.it
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Kyiv closer to single market, new EU-Ukraine trade agreement enters into force
The DCFTA revision envisages new liberalisation subject to Kyiv's gradual alignment with EU production standards, and a safeguard mechanism to protect European agriculture.
The DCFTA revision envisages new liberalisation subject to Kyiv's gradual alignment with EU production standards, and a safeguard mechanism to protect European agriculture.
Ukraine, EU have yet to launch trade talks under Article 29 of DCFTA – Minister of Justice #Ukraine
Ukraine, EU have yet to launch trade talks under Article 29 of DCFTA – Minister of Justice
en.interfax.com.ua
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ukraine, EU have yet to launch trade talks under Article 29 of DCFTA – Minister of Justice #Ukraine
Dieser starke russische ökonomische Einfluss, bedingt durch hohe Abhängigkeit, blieb bis 2014.
Dann führte der russische Krieg zu einer weiteren Schwächung der Wirtschaft.
Aber seit 2016 hat die Ukraine u.a. durch das DCFTA Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt.
5/15
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
Dann führte der russische Krieg zu einer weiteren Schwächung der Wirtschaft.
Aber seit 2016 hat die Ukraine u.a. durch das DCFTA Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt.
5/15
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area | Access2Markets
Exporting from the EU to Ukraine under the Association Agreement
trade.ec.europa.eu
February 15, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Dieser starke russische ökonomische Einfluss, bedingt durch hohe Abhängigkeit, blieb bis 2014.
Dann führte der russische Krieg zu einer weiteren Schwächung der Wirtschaft.
Aber seit 2016 hat die Ukraine u.a. durch das DCFTA Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt.
5/15
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
Dann führte der russische Krieg zu einer weiteren Schwächung der Wirtschaft.
Aber seit 2016 hat die Ukraine u.a. durch das DCFTA Zugang zum EU-Binnenmarkt.
5/15
trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-ma...
worth adding that this started with a citizens petition last year?
50,000 signatures gathered...the parliament then voted to adopt the EU Integration Act on March 26, 2025.
also, the EU has change the approach with accession. less "big bang" now it's more gradual e.g. DCFTA deal for Ukraine.
50,000 signatures gathered...the parliament then voted to adopt the EU Integration Act on March 26, 2025.
also, the EU has change the approach with accession. less "big bang" now it's more gradual e.g. DCFTA deal for Ukraine.
August 24, 2026 at 10:32 AM
worth adding that this started with a citizens petition last year?
50,000 signatures gathered...the parliament then voted to adopt the EU Integration Act on March 26, 2025.
also, the EU has change the approach with accession. less "big bang" now it's more gradual e.g. DCFTA deal for Ukraine.
50,000 signatures gathered...the parliament then voted to adopt the EU Integration Act on March 26, 2025.
also, the EU has change the approach with accession. less "big bang" now it's more gradual e.g. DCFTA deal for Ukraine.
Love all Cather. Just think she’s grand. My son lives in Lamy NM, named after the ArchBishop in DCFTA. I live just down the road. Let me know if you get to Santa Fe!
August 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Love all Cather. Just think she’s grand. My son lives in Lamy NM, named after the ArchBishop in DCFTA. I live just down the road. Let me know if you get to Santa Fe!
This might be interesting.
the DCFTA nations (including Ukraine) are gaining access to the EU Single market now for certain sectors.
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the DCFTA nations (including Ukraine) are gaining access to the EU Single market now for certain sectors.
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July 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This might be interesting.
the DCFTA nations (including Ukraine) are gaining access to the EU Single market now for certain sectors.
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the DCFTA nations (including Ukraine) are gaining access to the EU Single market now for certain sectors.
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while it appears flexible, the DCFTA with Ukraine, Moldova & Georgia is designed for 3rd countries who want to converge & join the EU, not the opposite.
it also steps on some of labours redlines - i.e. full alignment with SM rules with ECJ oversight.
it also steps on some of labours redlines - i.e. full alignment with SM rules with ECJ oversight.
March 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
while it appears flexible, the DCFTA with Ukraine, Moldova & Georgia is designed for 3rd countries who want to converge & join the EU, not the opposite.
it also steps on some of labours redlines - i.e. full alignment with SM rules with ECJ oversight.
it also steps on some of labours redlines - i.e. full alignment with SM rules with ECJ oversight.
I think there is also Ukrainian DCFTA model.
What’s defo not available is Lichtenstein.
Problem is “two world wars, one World Cup” mentality - we can’t get over it
What’s defo not available is Lichtenstein.
Problem is “two world wars, one World Cup” mentality - we can’t get over it
April 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I think there is also Ukrainian DCFTA model.
What’s defo not available is Lichtenstein.
Problem is “two world wars, one World Cup” mentality - we can’t get over it
What’s defo not available is Lichtenstein.
Problem is “two world wars, one World Cup” mentality - we can’t get over it
the EU can give Canada a DCFTA deal relatively quickly so they can jump on board with the €800b EU weapons programme.
And cancel their F35 jet orders from USA!
That faint popping sound you heard in the distance was the sound of Trumps head exploding.
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And cancel their F35 jet orders from USA!
That faint popping sound you heard in the distance was the sound of Trumps head exploding.
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With the US-Canada trade war heating up, Canadians are looking for friends elsewhere.
Perhaps surprisingly, nearly half of Canadians say they would support joining the European Union
open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Perhaps surprisingly, nearly half of Canadians say they would support joining the European Union
open.substack.com/pub/canadian...
Surprising Share Of Canadians Support EU Membership
New polling suggests Canadians are rapidly warming up to the idea of joining the European Union
open.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
the EU can give Canada a DCFTA deal relatively quickly so they can jump on board with the €800b EU weapons programme.
And cancel their F35 jet orders from USA!
That faint popping sound you heard in the distance was the sound of Trumps head exploding.
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And cancel their F35 jet orders from USA!
That faint popping sound you heard in the distance was the sound of Trumps head exploding.
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Canadians could, theoretically, sign a DCFTA deal that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia did recently, so they can jump on the EUs €800billion weapons programme.
Why buy F-35 jets from USA when they can buy European instead?
Why buy F-35 jets from USA when they can buy European instead?
Deep and comprehensive free trade agreements | Access2Markets
DCFTAs
trade.ec.europa.eu
March 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Canadians could, theoretically, sign a DCFTA deal that Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia did recently, so they can jump on the EUs €800billion weapons programme.
Why buy F-35 jets from USA when they can buy European instead?
Why buy F-35 jets from USA when they can buy European instead?