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Abstract

Ukraine’s reconstruction is often framed as a financing challenge, but the bigger challenge is institutional: Ukraine must credibly reassure domestic and foreign investors that market-oriented rules, transparent regulation, private property protection, and contract enforcement will prevail and that its territorial integrity will be secure. A free trade agreement with the United States can help Ukraine provide this assurance.

Citation

Lawrence, Robert Z. "Anchoring Ukraine’s Postwar Recovery with a US-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement." March 2026.