Shpakovsky: The EU concludes association agreements not only to promote its "values", but also goods

July 1, MINSK. The European Union enters into association agreements not only to promote its "values", but also to promote its products. Political scientist Alexander Shpakovsky published this opinion on his TELEGRAM channel, BelTA informs.

"The Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine proposed to ban the supply of MILK and dairy products from Belarus. By and large, Belarusian producers are neither hot nor cold from these measures. Shipments to Ukraine are minimal and easily compensated given that our dairy exports are growing in the Chinese market, open At the same time, during the reign of the Maidan activists, Ukraine has become a major importer of dairy products, which looks ridiculous for an "agrarian superpower", as they like to call their country in Kyiv, - the analyst noted. - Over the past 10 years, national production has been constantly declining Experts in the field argue that the negative trend looks sustainable, and some believe that it is generally irreversible.

According to Alexander Shpakovsky, at the same time, the share of imported products is progressively increasing - in 2020 alone, the indicators of imports of milk and dairy products on the Ukrainian market doubled.

“At the same time, 94% of imports come from the EU countries, and with the ban on imports from Belarus, our European “partners” will control the Ukrainian dairy market almost exclusively. Yes, yes, there is an aspect that little lovers of European integration are silent about, and even the great economist Romanchuk will never voluntarily say.The fact is that the European Union enters into association agreements not only to promote its "values", but also to promote its products.It is to promote its own, and not buy yours, and often by methods unfair competition, ousting all "foreign" and destroying national producers. On the example of "European integration" of Ukraine, you can write a textbook on this topic. It is strange that no one has done this yet, "the political scientist emphasized.