- Trade topics
- Negotiations and agreements
- Trade policy
Access to Documents
In 2023, DG TRADE handled a total of 201 requests for Access to Documents.
Full or partial access was granted to 75% of the identified documents. Most of these documents, notably 67% of the requests, either did not have any content redacted, only had personal data removed, or were full release cases.
Proactive transparency
In 2023 DG TRADE proactively published:
- information on meetings of committees and dialogues set up in the framework of EU trade agreements;
- negotiation round reports, and initial EU text proposals tabled during ongoing negotiations;
- a large number of Trade and Technology Council (TTC)-related
- documents, including submissions and position papers;
- information on meetings of trade-related Expert Groups;
- all Commission decisions regarding Member States’ Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs);
- non-sensitive summary records of the Trade Defence Instruments committee, and;
- all three BIT decisions adopted in 2023, as well as all 14 non-confidential Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development summary reports.
In addition, DG TRADE
- organised 16 Civil Society Dialogue meetings and other events with stakeholders to provide updates on ongoing individual negotiations and the EU's overall trade agenda, and;
- replied to more than 200 questions forwarded by the Europe Direct Contact Centre (EDCC). Overall, the EDCC received and handled more than 1,500 trade-related questions received from all parts of society (citizens, academics, students, etc.).
