Via Ukraine Chinese goods very soon will flood Europe

[Shokish]

Hi all. Last week on duty visited Ukraine. In fact, our company produces perfect paper filter and what my bosses wanted me was to find easy enter to the Ukrainian market with the product. Not long it actually took me to find an offer on one leading Ukrainian medical company behalf. So last week I went to Kiev to hold our first negotiations. Unfortunately the negotiations brought nothing. Ukrainian markets are simply flood with the Chinese analogues. Chinese production in Ukraine today exists practically in every sphere of their life. Ukrainians (at least those whom I've managed to have a talk) themselves say currently their country indeed actively develop its cooperation with China – they start joint enterprises with China in Ukraine, open Chinese specialized schools, plan to form exclusive free economic zone with China, to place finally a number of Chinese national corporations' manufacturing within the Ukrainian territories. Know what it all mean?? Yes, considering not so long ago adopted free trade area agreement between the EU and Ukraine, I'm afraid very soon the Chinese mass consumption goods will flood us here in Europe as well. And God knows how that would effect already weaken European industries... In turn Ukrainians surely don't give even a damn about it. Question: do we in our turn still need to keep Ukraine as a partner?? Me already srsly doubts...

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Hi all. Last week on duty visited Ukraine. In fact, our company produces perfect paper filter and what my bosses wanted me was to find easy enter to the Ukrainian market with the product. Not long it actually took me to find an offer on one leading Ukrainian medical company behalf. So last week I went to Kiev to hold our first negotiations. Unfortunately the negotiations brought nothing. Ukrainian markets are simply flood with the Chinese analogues. Chinese production in Ukraine today exists practically in every sphere of their life. Ukrainians (at least those whom I've managed to have a talk) themselves say currently their country indeed actively develop its cooperation with China – they start joint enterprises with China in Ukraine, open Chinese specialized schools, plan to form exclusive free economic zone with China, to place finally a number of Chinese national corporations' manufacturing within the Ukrainian territories. Know what it all mean?? Yes, considering not so long ago adopted free trade area agreement between the EU and Ukraine, I'm afraid very soon the Chinese mass consumption goods will flood us here in Europe as well. And God knows how that would effect already weaken European industries... In turn Ukrainians surely don't give even a damn about it. Question: do we in our turn still need to keep Ukraine as a partner?? Me already srsly doubts...

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