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Today, the EU and four Mercosur countries finalised negotiations for an EU-Mercosur partnership agreement.

A European Commission report published today highlights the good progress made in recent negotiations to deepen trade and investment relations with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

Today, the EU and Canada adopted a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) on the professional qualifications of architects - the first bilateral MRA for professional qualifications to be concluded by the EU.

The value of EU trade covered by the vast network of 42 agreements with 74 partners in place in 2023 was more than €2.3 trillion, having risen by over 30% over the past five years, according to the Annual Report on the implementation and enforcement of EU trade policy published today.

A joint statement published by the European Union and Kenya on the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Today, the EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA) has entered into force. This is the first-ever EU agreement on investment facilitation. It aims to stimulate foreign investments needed to achieve sustainable development goals.

Yesterday (27 August), the EU and China launched the first discussions under the new Cross-Border Data Flow Communication Mechanism. 

Today, the fifth meeting of the Joint Committee established under the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) heard that bilateral trade and investment relations continue to expand and deepen.

Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis and the Minister of Trade of Türkiye Ömer Bolat met today in Brussels for the first meeting of a High-Level Dialogue on Trade.