Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement

Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA, French: Accord de libre-échange Canada-Ukraine (ALECU), Ukrainian: Угода про вільну торгівлю між Україною та Канадою) is a free-trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine.

[1][2][3] According to the agreement, the signing parties eliminate custom duties on essentially all goods produced in one country and imported to the other.

[4] Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko hoped for more effective cooperation with Canada once the trade deal was cemented.

[5] In July 2015 Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk and Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper the successful conclusion of the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement.

The signing ceremony in Kyiv was attended by The agreement entered into force on 1 August 2017 following its ratification in June 2017.