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Brussels -- The European Commission and the Ukrainian government will hold an urgent video conference on  Jan. 5, to discuss new import duties imposed by Kyiv. 

Both sides will discuss the introduction of new import duties in keeping with a law concerning measures to stabilize

Ukraine ’s balance of payments, adopted by the Verkhovna Rada in late December, Ukraine’s Mission to the EU reported.

Representatives of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry, Economic Development and Trade Ministry, Head of the EU Group of Support for Ukraine Peter Balazs and the European Commission’s trade representatives will participate in the consultations.