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Zelensky signs law on 'customs visa-free regime' with EU

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an evening address on Aug. 30 that he had signed an agreement to the accession of Ukraine to the Convention on a Common Transit procedure. Earlier in June, the EU signed an agreement to allow Ukraine into the bloc's Convention on Common Transit Procedure for a "visa-free" road freight transportation shortly after the war-torn country had been granted an EU candidacy status.

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The EU's new steel allocation, set to enter into force on July 1, was introduced in response to global steel overcapacity, which has been hurting EU producers. The measure aims to restrict tariff-free steel imports to 18.3 million metric tons per year, a 47% reduction.

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