U.S. Trade Representative Robert Portman announced completion of bilateral talks with Ukraine regarding its joining the World Trade Organization (WTO). On March 6, 2006 Ukraine and the U.S. will sign a bilateral protocol on mutual access to markets of goods and services within Ukraine’s accession to the WTO. The government plans to complete all the bilateral negotiations on admission into the WTO by the end of March, so that Ukraine can join the WTO by July 2006.