Ukraine reform push would pave way to support from new U.S. president - Pritzker

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko attends a welcoming ceremony for his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin in Kiev, Ukraine, September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine should ramp up economic and anti-corruption reforms to pave the way for continued support from whoever wins the U.S. presidential election, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said on a visit to Kiev on Thursday.

While acknowledging the progress Kiev's Western-backed leadership has made since taking power after a 2014 uprising, Pritzker said there was more work to be done and that the former Soviet republic had a limited window to implement reforms.