The Polish and Ukrainian governments meet in Warsaw on Thursday for talks to defuse a row over grain imports that has caused mass protests by farmers, but a top Polish official said a breakthrough was unlikely.
Farmers in Poland and elsewhere in the European Union have been protesting to demand the re-imposition of customs duties on agricultural imports from Ukraine that were waived after Russia’s invasion in 2022. They say Ukraine’s farmers are flooding Europe with cheap imports that leave them unable to compete.
“It is difficult to expect any breakthrough after these talks, any specific agreement, for example on agricultural issues,” Jan Grabiec, head of the prime minister’s office, told state news agency PAP. “We are still in dialogue and both sides – at least for today – are not fully satisfied.” Poland has been eyeing a licensing deal for agricultural trade with Ukraine…
