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EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0017: Database on forced labour risks under Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

Yesterday the European Commission, European Council and the European Parliament struck an agreement to revise the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), the EU’s sustainable development trade tool, for developing countries.

Today, the EU and South Africa signed the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP), building on the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership and the Economic Partnership Agreement.

In a joint statement endorsed in Paris today, the European Union and several other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) committed to transparency on the export credits they provide in the energy sector.

EC-TRADE/2024/OP/0024: Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Compliance Support Facility

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0017: Database on forced labour risks under Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0017: Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 on prohibiting products made with forced labour requires the Commission to establish a publicly available, indicative and non-exhaustive database of forced labour risks in specific geographic areas and with respect to specific products.

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0013: Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0002: Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the EU and Thailand