In a letter to the EU trade commissioner, Polish Agriculture Minister Czeslaw Siekierski said he is “fundamentally opposed” to a prolongation of the EU’s free trade regime with Ukraine, the Polish radio RMF24 reported on Jan. 10, citing the obtained letter. Instead, he allegedly proposed “gradual, mutual liberalization, accompanied by gradual adjustment of Ukrainian agriculture to EU standards and law.” The European bloc temporarily lifted restrictions on trade with Ukraine in June 2022 to aid the country’s economy amid an all-out war with Russia. The following influx of cheaper Ukrainian impo…