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

On October 15-17, the European Commission chaired the annual meeting of the world’s six main semiconductor-producing regions, focused on promoting competitiveness and a global level-playing field, while supporting industry’s carbon reduction efforts.

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.

EU Member States and the Commission are strengthening their cooperation on identifying and addressing investments from third countries that threaten EU security or public order, according to a Commission report published today.

Today, the Commission published guidelines on the export of cyber-surveillance items, aiming to raise awareness of the risks associated with misuse of cyber-surveillance technologies and provide exporters with practical tools to evaluate human rights concerns.

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.

On 5 September 2024, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation updating the EU dual-use export control list in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

The European Commission and the United States yesterday welcomed new members into the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) Forum and co-chaired discussions on the way ahead for the Forum’s work.