The Free Trade Agreement between Canada and Ukraine will enter into force on 1st August 2017. As per previous discussion, from August 1, 2017, the agreement will cut 98% of the tariffs for Ukrainian exports to Canada and 72% of the tariffs from Canada to Ukraine. This agreement had been signed on July 11, 2016. The law on ratification was signed on April 3, 2017 by the President of Ukraine.
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