The Roundtable Discussion “Ukraine-Israel Free Trade Agreement: Peculiarities, Opportunities, Business View”

On May 26, 2021 the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine and the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce organized the ZOOM Roundtable Discussion “Ukraine-Israel Free Trade Agreement: Peculiarities, Opportunities, Business View” with the following agenda:

• Introduction to the Free Trade Agreement
• Regulatory aspects of Ukraine-Israel FTA
• Practical aspects of the FTA
• Application of the FTA in terms of the Pan-Euro-Med Convention usage
• Perspectives of Ukraine-Israel FTA. Israeli view
• Advantages of doing business with FTA countries for businesses in Ukraine and Israel. Ukrainian view

The speakers of the event were:

• Tetyana Prokopchuk, Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine
• Oded Rose, CEO, Israel-America Chamber of Commerce
• Evgeny Shulgin, Chairman of the Board, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine
• Taras Kachka, Deputy Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture – Trade Representative of Ukraine
• Ohad Cohen, Trade Commissioner, Director of Foreign Trade Administration, Ministry of Economy and Industry
• Volodymyr Storozhchuk, Head of the Department of Customs and Tariff Regulation of the Department of Customs Payments, Control of Customs Value and Customs and Tariff Regulation of Foreign Economic Activity, State Customs Service of Ukraine
• Oleksandr Zhemoida, Director of the Department of Multilateral and Bilateral Trade Agreements, Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine
• Vlad Cherkassky, CEO, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Israel-Ukraine sincerely thanks all speakers and participants of the discussion.