Energy ties have the potential to strengthen under a newly-minted trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine, ministers said Monday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Groysman, signed a free-trade agreement in Kiev, which both sides said provides new opportunities from defense to energy. “By improving market access and creating more predictable conditions for trade, the Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement will generate new opportunities for Canadians and Ukrainians alike,” Canadian Minister for International Trade Chrystia Freeland said in a statement. Bilateral trade last year increased nearly 14 percent last year to around $213 million, covering exports ranging from pharmaceuticals to coal. Canada relies heavily on the North American market for exports of oil and natural gas and […]