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In the context of Russia’s ongoing unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU’s decision to deny the ECT’s protection to investments and investors from Russia and Belarus pre-emptively nullifies a potential way to challenge EU sanctions.

EC-TRADE/2024/MVP/0012-EXA: GSP Hub: technical maintenance and content update of the website and monitoring database 2

Today, the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) entered into force, representing a key milestone in the EU-Kenya Strategic Partnership.

EC-TRADE/2024/OP/0003 Study in support of an ex-post evaluation of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership

Today, the landmark deal on cross-border data flows between the EU and Japan entered into force.  

Producers of certain plants from 21 EU Member States will soon be able to export to the United States, thanks to the European Commission’s efforts to negotiate the removal of US import restrictions.

The European Commission published today an implementing regulation confirming the extension of the current steel safeguard measure for two more years, until June 2026. The regulation also adjusts the functioning of the measure, to adapt it to market conditions.

The UN ‘Mauritius’ Convention on transparency for ISDS marks a major step towards greater public access to documents and hearings, as well as the inclusion of civil society in disputes brought by investors against States under investment treaties.

EC-TRADE/2024/OP/0004 Support to civil society advisory bodies (Domestic Advisory Groups, or DAGs) in trade agreements