the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the course of the meeting the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kiev raised the issue of the cancellation by Washington of duties on steel imports from Ukraine to 25%.
"This is a sensitive issue for our metallurgical exports, so we hope for the abolition of this duty for Ukraine," said Zelensky.
in addition, the President invited a large American business to participate in road construction projects and also in projects on production of natural gas and oil.
"We are interested, together with the U.S. side to strengthen the development of the railway industry of Ukraine ... Expect the participation of American companies in tenders for the development of sites of the black sea shelf", – said Vladimir Zelensky.
According to him, Ukraine is committed to building effective cooperation with the International Finance Corporation, in particular in the implementation of joint case studies in various fields.
"I am sure that 2020 will be the year in which we significantly increase investment and trade cooperation between Ukraine and the USA", – said the President.
In March 2018 US President Donald trump has imposed 25% duty on steel imports and 10% on aluminium imports from other countries guided by the protection of national security, on the basis of the law times the height of the cold war between the USSR and the United States.
Later, trump made an exception for Canada and Mexico – they were released from duty after reformatting the trade agreement between the three countries. Even for producers of the three countries – Argentina, Brazil and South Korea – duty of 25% was replaced by a quota. In addition, the U.S. withdrew duty with Australia because of the "unbreakable friendship" between the countries.
last week, U.S. President reused their right to set duties on steel and metals without the approval of Congress in case of a threat to national security, expanding the list of products steel products, spare parts, wires, and components.
