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T
HE
P
ROSPECT OF
D
EEP
F
REE
T
RADE
 
BETWEEN
 
THE
 
E
UROPEAN
U
NION AND
U
KRAINE
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), BrusselsInstitut für Weltwirtschaft (IFW), KielInternational Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS), Kyiv
Michael Emerson (Project Director)T. Huw EdwardsIldar GazizullinMatthias LückeDaniel Müller-JentschVira NanivskaValeriy PyatnytskiyAndreas SchneiderRainer SchweickertOlexandr ShevtsovOlga Shumylo
Report prepared in fulfilment of contract 2005/S 89-085795 of the European Commission’sDirectorate-General for Trade on the economic feasibility, general economic impact andimplications of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine.The views expressed in this report are attributable only to the authors,and not to the European Commission nor the Government of Ukraine.
C
ENTRE FOR
E
UROPEAN
P
OLICY
S
TUDIES
 B
RUSSELS
 
 
ISBN 92-9079-623-5© Copyright 2006, Centre for European Policy Studies.
Cover satellite photo by NASA of the Dnepr River and its tributaries.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval systemor transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordingor otherwise – without the prior permission of the Centre for European Policy Studies.Centre for European Policy StudiesPlace du Congrès 1, B-1000 BrusselsTel: 32 (0) 2 229.39.11 Fax: 32 (0) 2 219.41.51e-mail: info@ceps.beinternet: http://www.ceps.be
 
 
 
C
ONTENTS
 
Preface..................................................................................................................................i
 
Executive Summary...........................................................................................................1
 
1.
 
Introduction Some Principles and Paradigms....................................................15
 
2.
 
Macroeconomic and Structural Developments in Ukraine..............................24
 2.1 Macroeconomic performance.......................................................................242.2 Institutional reforms for structural change.................................................272.3 Patterns of trade and foreign investment....................................................322.4 Ukraine and comparator countries..............................................................38
3.
 
Ukraine’s Trade Policies.........................................................................................46
 3.1 WTO accession process..................................................................................463.2 Trade relations with the EU..........................................................................503.3 Approximation to EU law.............................................................................513.4 Ukraine–Russia/CIS/Common Economic Space......................................55
4.
 
Economic Effects of Simple or Deep Free Trade Scenarios..............................59
 4.1 Gravity models and Ukrainian trade trends...............................................604.2 CGE model simulations.................................................................................664.3 Impact of institutional reforms and approximation..................................72
5.
 
A Scenario for Simple Free Trade.........................................................................77
 5.1 Free trade in goods.........................................................................................775.2 Free trade in services......................................................................................795.3 Free movement of capital..............................................................................80
6.
 
From Deeper Free Trade to Domestic Economic Governance.........................81
 6.1 Goods sector....................................................................................................816.1.1 Customs procedures........................................................................816.1.2 Customs union..................................................................................846.1.3 Product standards for manufactured goods.................................856.1.4 Agricultural and food safety standards........................................87
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