I'm not sure what to make of their changing views, but here's what they said:
"First, now we have restricted resources and we would like to send them to the direct trade interest of Ukraine. Second, economic logic is absent in this dispute, and third, the dispute has negative consequences for our country," Economic Development and Trade Minister of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavicius said at a press conference with the Cabinet of Ministers on Thursday.
Previously, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said he doubted the appropriateness of a trade dispute with Australia regarding cigarette packaging, which Kyiv has been involved in at the WTO since 2012, and instructed the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to deal with the matter. Yatseniuk said Ukraine allegedly joined this dispute at the request of the American Chamber of Commerce.
