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与欧盟签订贸易协定 乌克兰开办商展

Just days after Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union, Ukrainian businesses held an exhibition of their products to show the country, and the rest of Europe, that Ukraine is open for business.

乌克兰与欧盟签订合作协议仅仅几天后，乌克兰商界举办本国产品的展览会，向本国和欧洲人民显示，乌克兰“开张营业”了。

Ukrainian producers say they are eager to get their products on European shelves.  Ukraine’s wages are cheaper than in the European Union, giving Ukrainian producers an advantage but they also have to adhere to strict EU consumer guidelines.

乌克兰生产商们说，他们热切希望他们的产品能够在欧洲其它国家出售。乌克兰的工资比欧盟的低，因此乌克兰生产商们在商品价格上具有优势，但他们仍需遵守严格的欧盟消费者指南。

Not all Ukrainian goods will be cheap. A pair of locally made speakers can sell for upward of $650, but entrepreneurs like Veronica Sinitsa of Pototskiy Sound Systems looks forward to the agreement opening new doors.

并不是所有的乌克兰商品都廉价。这些国产扬声器可以卖到650美元。

"This [creates] some new possibilities.  This [opens for us] new markets, some ways to develop without corruption¹, without some taxation² problems.  We are very excited because we want our product to be seen, to be bought, and we want people to like it," Sinitsa said.

波托茨基音响系统的维罗妮卡·斯尼特萨说：“这是新的可能。这是新的市场，可以在没有腐败、没有那么多税的情况下发展。我们非常兴奋，因为我们希望人们看到和购买我们的产品、喜欢我们的产品。”

Some of the Ukrainian products on offer are of the more mundane³ kind, like cat food, soap, and tampons.

一些寻求订单的乌克兰产品是日常物件，比如猫粮、香皂和卫生棉。

But their producers, too - among them Alexander Vorobey of Luxus Detergents⁴, have high hopes.

但是这些生产商的期望也很高。

“Today, Ukraine may become a second China for the EU and the world, because you can produce goods of high quality and affordable⁵ price here,” Vorobey said.

拉克萨斯清洁剂的亚历山大·沃罗贝说：“今天的乌克兰对欧盟和世界来说也许会成为第二个中国，因为我们可以生产物美价廉的商品。”

Many producers of Ukrainian products say they have developed and tested their products to meet high European standards.

许多乌克兰生产商们说，他们已经在研发和测试产品以满足欧盟的高标准。

A box of 16 Malva tampons, named after the national flower of Ukraine, sells for just under $1, about a quarter of the price in Europe. Oleksandra Salnykova of Malva Tampons says their products are en par⁶ with European ones.

一盒16片装、以乌克兰国花命名的“向日葵牌”卫生棉仅卖不到1美元，价格大约为欧洲其它同类产品的四分之一。

“We produce our tampons of pure cotton.  And when we made some tests of other producers of pure cotton tampons and our tampons, we are equal in quality,” Salnykova said.

向日葵卫生巾公司的奥列科桑德拉·萨林科娃说： “我们用纯棉花制造卫生棉。我们做过测试，把我们的卫生棉同比其它厂家的相同产品做过比较，质量是一样的。”

And there is Ukrainian vodka.  Tavern keeper Mikhael Romanov says if he does not drink all the good stuff himself, he may share some abroad.

还有乌克兰伏特加酒。酒馆主人迈克?罗曼洛夫说，要不是他想把好酒留给自己喝，他会出口一些到国外与大家分享。

“Probably in Europe or America, some states of America, it is possible. Why not?” Romanov mused⁷.

他说：“可能出口到欧洲或美国，也许是美国的某些州。为什么不呢？”

The EU Association Agreement is the same pact⁸ pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych turned away from last November, prompting massive street protests which eventually led to his ouster in February and the election of a pro-European president, Petro Poroshenko, in late May.

While Yanokovych’s ouster has led to violence in the country’s east where pro-Russian separatists are battling Ukrainian troops, business owners like Salnykova say they hope the worst is over.

“We hope that, because of all these events in Ukraine, European people are more loyal to us nowadays, and we think, thanks to it, we will be able to represent our high-quality products in their market,” says Salnykova.

萨林科娃说：“我们希望，因为乌克兰的这些事件，欧洲人民如今对我们更加支持。也因为这样，我们觉得我们可以在欧洲市场中展示我们高质量的产品。”

While the agreement must still be ratified⁹ by Ukraine’s parliament and the legislatures of all 28 EU member states, many already see it as a big step toward a better future for former Soviet¹⁰ republic.

这可能会是乌克兰迈向辉煌未来的第一步。