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European Commission President von der Leyen and United States President Biden agreed today to start discussions on a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium.

Effective implementation and enforcement of EU trade agreements and international trade rules have added €5.4 billion to EU exports in 2020.

Following the EU’s call for action, OECD countries have today reached an agreement in principle to end support, in the form of export credits, for unabated coal-fired plants in the lead up to COP26. 

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Today, the Commission launched an online consultation platform on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), allowing stakeholders to share their views and provide common proposals on the work ahead.

The Commission has adopted definitive anti-dumping measures on imports of aluminium flat-rolled products originating from China for a period of 5 years to counter unfair trading practices.

The European Commission and EU Member States participated in the seventh negotiation round on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) from 28 September to 1 October.

Today, the EU has extended until 31 December 2021 the COVID-19 vaccines export transparency and authorisation mechanism in its current form. The Commission does not intend to propose a further extension of this mechanism after 31 December 2021.

The European Commission has appointed four individuals of recognised competence to the panel of independent experts assisting the Commission in the task of selecting candidates for the role of adjudicators under dispute settlement mechanisms.