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Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, and Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal sign documents after bilateral meetings at the Chancellery of Prime Minister in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Poland and Ukraine leaders discuss regulating Ukrainian food imports to ease farmer discontent

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is in Poland for talks with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk to address Polish and western European farmers' demands that regulations be applied to the cheap Ukraine grain and food imports that they say are undercutting their livelihoods

By AP News
Published - Mar 28, 2024, 06:18 AM ET
Last Updated - Mar 28, 2024, 06:18 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal was in Poland on Thursday for talks with his counterpart Donald Tusk to address Polish and western European farmers’ demands that regulations be applied to the cheap Ukrainian food imports that they say are undercutting their livelihoods.

Farmers in many countries have been staging vehement protests against the imports and tensions have grown between Kyiv and its staunch ally Warsaw over the tax-free inflow of Ukraine's farm produce.

Tusk has suggested that Poland, a NATO member and European Union country bordering Ukraine, will seek quotas on the imports during the talks. He has also suggested boosting imports to needy countries.

The EU has opened its doors wide to Ukrainian farm produce to help the country’s exports after Russia’s 2022 invasion cut many traditional routes.

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