欧盟委员会2008年1月17日宣布,欧盟已与乌克兰就该国加入世界贸易组织问题完成了最后阶段的谈判,从而为乌克兰入世扫除了最后一道障碍。欧盟早在2003年就与乌克兰完成了双边入世谈判,但在随后的多边谈判中,欧盟要求乌克兰大幅削减部分原材料出口关税,并为此提供保证,但乌克兰始终不肯让步,导致乌克兰的入世努力受阻。 The European Commission announced on January 17, 2008 that the EU has completed the final stage of negotiations with Ukraine on the country’s accession to the World Trade Organization, thus clearing the last obstacle to Ukraine’s accession to the WTO. As early as 2003, the EU completed bilateral accession negotiations with Ukraine. However, in the subsequent multilateral negotiations, the EU demanded that Ukraine cut its export tariffs on some raw materials drastically and provide a guarantee for this. However, Ukraine has always refused to give in and led to Ukraine’s WTO accession efforts Blocked