They are - this article has a link to an overview of the deal.
I’ve had someone ranting at me telling me the protest was about “freedom”, getting rid of the oppressive President they have, who’s too close to Putin.
It’s reported by the BBC that the protests started when he refused to sign the EU trade deal.
How many on FR support NAFTA ?
How many on FR want more jobs in America, stop exporting jobs to China ?
How many want lower food prices in the US ? But our food commodities are being pushed up by extremely strong foreign demand for our food commodities under our trade agreements.
I read this overview of the trade agreement, the whole PDF.
Ukraine has get rid of duties and controls, for the most part. Ukraine will submit to EU control when it comes to disputes, and following through on everything it promises, and potentially be sanctioned if the EU is not happy with Ukraine’s responses to their demands.
In other words, take this: “The parties agree to remedy or remove distortions caused by subsidies where these affect trade, and to subject these commitments to the dispute settlement mechanism.” That means no subsidies - at the disgression of the EU - internally from the Ukraine government to Ukraine businesses and farms. If the EU is not happy, they can impose sanctions.
Just look at how the EU is handling Greece, Portugal, etc. It’s not the panacea it’s all cracked up to be for the less productive countries.
The EU nations give up much of their sovereignty - just like any nation does - when they enter into these globalist-conceived trade agreements.
Sorry Pieter, but I have trouble believing the EU has moved 180 degrees from their fixed position of just a few months ago in which they demanded Ukraine release opposition leader (and convicted embezzler) Yulia Tymashenko from prison as a pre-condition to any trade deal.
Clearly the EU/IMF offer was designed to facilitate regime change in Kiev, and when the Russians outbid them it was time to ramp up the street protests and western media & political demagoguery.