KYIV, June 22 – The status of a candidate member of the European Union will give impetus to a new trajectory of Ukraine's GDP growth and a positive signal to investors, Andy Hunder, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine (ACC), believes.

The EU candidate status will kick-start a new GDP growth trajectory, while at the same time providing huge morale for post-war economic transformation and reform implementation. Such a move sends a positive signal to investors that Ukraine is moving in the right direction," he said in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine.