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.

As part of its transparency commitment, the European Commission published today the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

The Commission today published the draft version of the final assessment of the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impact of the trade part of the association agreement between the European Union and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay).

As part of its transparency commitment, the European Commission today published the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round for the EU-New Zealand trade agreement.

The European Commission today published the result of its second investigation reviewing the safeguard measures put in place by the European Union on imports of steel products.

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.

Thanks to the European Union’s successful intervention, European companies generated €8 billion in additional exports in 2019.

Today, the European Commission launched a major review of the European Union’s trade policy, including a public consultation seeking input from the European Parliament, Member States, stakeholders and civil society.

An economic analysis published today by the European Commission found that a large majority of EU exporters are small and medium size companies. In 2017, out of 700,000 EU companies who sell products and services outside the EU, some 615,000 were small and medium businesses.