Polish truckers are in talks with Ukrainian officials over unregulated border crossings that they say have affected their business since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
“Unregulated” is the key word here. Competition is good, competition where one party has a lower burden of compliance is not.
Economies are interlinked to a large degree nowadays either way. Coopting Ukraine will resume trade and business that was already being done, at higher standards. Both the EU and the new member country benefit after joining.
Conversely, the hit taken by Ukraine due to the war is being felt by most of its trade partners and everybody is looking forward to going back to pre-war levels.
“Unregulated” is the key word here. Competition is good, competition where one party has a lower burden of compliance is not.
Economies are interlinked to a large degree nowadays either way. Coopting Ukraine will resume trade and business that was already being done, at higher standards. Both the EU and the new member country benefit after joining.
Conversely, the hit taken by Ukraine due to the war is being felt by most of its trade partners and everybody is looking forward to going back to pre-war levels.