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Taras Kachka

Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture and Trade Representative, Ukraine
Taras Kachka

Taras Kachka was appointed as the Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine on September 2019 and he is also a Trade Representative of Ukraine.

Kachka is an expert in international law with extensive experience in the private sector, international environment and government. He was a member of Ukrainian negotiating team for Ukraine – EU Association Agreement.

Previously, he worked as a Deputy Executive Director and a Strategic Advisor at the International Renaissance Foundation (2016-2019). In 2014-2015, he was Vice President for Strategic Development at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine.

Kachka is a lawyer, he graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a Master’s degree in International Law and the National School of Public Administration in Warsaw (Poland).