News date: 4 December 2020
On 3 December 2020, the third and final live stream of the conference “Trade Wars: Art of Protection” – organized by Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm and Ukrainian Business & Trade Association – took place with the participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and the Deputy Chairman of Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade Ihor Zhovkva and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, the Government Commissioner for European Integration (2011-2014) and the Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine (2014) Valerii Piatnytskyi.
The conference was moderated by Olena Omelchenko, the Partner and Head of International Trade Practice at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm.
The conference participants discussed the impact of trade wars on Ukraine’s foreign economic policy, the impact of the pandemic and the global recession on the international trade and the development of Ukraine’s trade relations with the United States, the EU, Britain, Turkey and Israel.
The conference partners are the Association of Cement Producers of Ukraine Ukrcement, the Ukrainian Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Producers Association, the Ukrainian Oil & Gas Association, the Association of Enterprises Ukrmetalurgprom, the Ukrainian Association of Manufacturers of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgical Products (UkrFA), the Ukrainian Corporation for Viticulture and Wine Production Industry Ukrvinprom, the Ukrainian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.