Ukraine sues EU neighbours over food imports ban
BBC 2023-09-18 18:04:50 • 2 mins
Ukraine has filed lawsuits to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Slovakia, Poland and Hungary over their bans on food imports from Kyiv.
It said such restrictions were a violation of international obligations by Ukraine's EU neighbours.
They say the bans are needed to protect their farmers from cheap imports.
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year all but closed the main Black Sea shipping lanes, with large grain quantities ending up in central Europe.
"It is crucially important for us to prove that individual member states cannot ban imports of Ukrainian goods," Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said in a statement on Monday.
