United States threatened trade sanctions for piracy Ukraine

"The largest corporations are lobbying for changes in Ukrainian legislation. With Ukraine, preferences for duty-free import of certain groups of goods can be removed. The initiator of the sanctions was the International Intellectual Property Alliance, which appealed to the US Chamber of Commerce. In 2006, similar measures cost Ukraine $75 million. This year, the amount may increase by another $39 million. The decision of the US Chamber of Commerce will depend on whether Ukraine is included in the list of special attention. last year, Ukraine was already included in such a list, but no sanctions were adopted then. this time everything is much more serious. The level of piracy in Ukraine is the highest in Europe. according to the IIPA, the main obstacle to an effective fight against Internet piracy is the Telecommunications Act, which states that ISPs are not responsible for the content of information transmitted over their networks. "