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Under the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Facility Instrument, a Progress Report of the 2nd year of implementation of the EU-Japan EPA is now available.

Today, the European Commission imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of aluminium converter foil originating in the People’s Republic of China. The duties range from 15.4% to 28.5%.

European Commission Executive Vice-President and Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis and Singapore Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S Iswaran co-chaired the inaugural Trade Committee meeting under the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.

A group of 67 World Trade Organization (WTO) members, including the EU, have today concluded negotiations on a landmark agreement to cut red tape in services trade.

Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, Mr. Hagiuda Koichi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, and Mr. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, met virtually on 30 November 2021.

TRADE/2021/OP/0007 Study in Support of the Analytical and Editing Work with Regard to the GSP Assessment and Reporting to the European Parliament (EP) and the Council

The EU will not extend the COVID-19 vaccines export transparency and authorisation mechanism, which expires on 31 December 2021.

The European Commission is today presenting key findings related to defending EU interests when it comes to export controls and foreign investments in the EU.

Today, a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel report ruled that US countervailing duties applied on imports of ripe olives from Spain, put in place during the previous administration in 2018, are illegal under WTO rules.