Ukraine became the co-author of Joint Statement on E-Commerce within the WTO On January 25, 2019 at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Swiss Confederation) 76 WTO members, including Ukraine, accounting for 90% of the world trade, circulated the Joint Statement on E-Commerce

Ukraine-China increased the turnover which amounted to USD 8.82 billion for 11 months of 2018, according to Stepan Kubiv Today, on January 25, 2019 First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Ukraine Du Wei.

The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine proposes the President to put veto on the Law on the extension of the moratorium on land sales On January 23 the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv signed the conclusion of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine on the Law of Ukraine No. 22666-VIII, extending prohibition on the alienation of agricultural lands until January 1, 2020. In the conclusion, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine proposes the President of Ukraine to put veto.

Since January 1, 2019 more than 90% of Soviet GOSTs became null and void in Ukraine The Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine reminds that since January 1, 2019 the overwhelming majority of technical standards of the Soviet Union “GOST” developed before 1992 became null and void in Ukraine.

State-owned enterprises will now report in the electronic form On January 11, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine along with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine adopted a joint decree on the launch of a single database for automated collection, analysis and compilation of financial statements and information on fiscal risks of state-owned enterprises in the electronic form. This initiative aims to simplify the procedure for collecting and analyzing the reporting of state-owned enterprises, generalize and submit it to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, as well as make it convenient for public to use the aggregate financial information of state-owned enterprises.