THE PROSPECT OF DEEP FREE TRADE BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND UKRAINE Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IFW), Kiel International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS), Kyiv Michael Emerson (Project Director) T. Huw Edwards Ildar Gazizullin Matthias Lücke Daniel Müller-Jentsch Vira Nanivska Valeriy Pyatnytskiy Andreas Schneider Rainer Schweickert Olexandr Shevtsov Olga Shumylo Report prepared in fulfilment of contract 2005/S 89-085795 of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade on the economic feasibility, general economic impact and implications of a free trade agreement between the European Union and Ukraine. The views expressed in this report are attributable only to the authors, and not to the European Commission nor the Government of Ukraine. CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES BRUSSELS