Parliament gave the Cabinet the right to impose retaliatory trade sanctions against the Russian Federation

As the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”, in support of the bill №3704 amending the law on foreign trade activities in the parliament on Thursday voted 291 MP.

Article of the Law on measures in response to discriminatory or unfriendly actions of other states supplemented with a provision: “If discriminatory or unfriendly actions toward Ukraine are used by the state, recognized by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the aggressor state or a state occupant response … can be used by decision of the Cabinet of Ministers Ukraine “.

Said additional measures that can be applied to answer the prohibition of foreign operations or the imposition of restrictions on them, the abolition of tariff privileges (preferences) on the rates of customs tariff of Ukraine by the suspension of tax exemption of import duty, the application of preferential or full import duties or cancel tariff quotas .

The law comes into force on the day following the day of its publication.

As reported, the corresponding bill was registered in the Verkhovna Rada on December 23.

The Verkhovna Rada has recognized the Russian aggressor country January 27, 2015, adopted a resolution “On the inversion of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the United Nations, the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly”, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of GUAM, the national parliaments of the world on the recognition of the Russian Federation by the aggressor. ”