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The Commission and the Member States participated in the first negotiation round on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) that took place from 6 until 9 July by videoconference.

Today, the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body established panels in the disputes concerning trade restrictions on ICT products and anti-dumping measures on frozen fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

The Commission has today published the EU’s proposal for modernising the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

The EU has nominated Prof. Joost H. B. Pauwelyn as its candidate for the pool of 10 standing arbitrators for the multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement (MPIA), a stopgap solution in the absence of an operational WTO Appellate Body.

Today, the EU and other WTO members have formally notified the ‘Multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement’ (MPIA) to the World Trade Organization (WTO). This notification marks the start of the application of the MPIA to disputes arising between the participating WTO members.

The EU and 15 other members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) today decided on an arrangement that will allow them to bring appeals and solve trade disputes among them despite the current paralysis of the WTO Appellate Body.

The EU today stepped up its action against unlawful trade restrictions affecting EU exporters of frozen fries and information and communications technology (ICT) products by requesting World Trade Organization (WTO) panels with Colombia and India.

The European Commission welcomes today’s decision by the European Parliament to approve the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements.

On 20 June 2019, in accordance with Article 306 of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine the European Union initiated arbitration procedure on restrictions applied by Ukraine on exports of certain wood products.