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Strong demand for trade defence action continued in 2025, with the European Commission again opening an above-average number of investigations, reveals a new report.

EC-TRADE/2026/OP/0027: Framework contract for the organisation of study visits of officials from third countries to the EU and market access analysis in the Sanitary and Phytosanitary field (SPS)

On 14 September 2026, the European Commission adopted a Delegated Regulation updating the EU dual-use export control list in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2021/821.

Today, the Commission presented its proposal on the EU-Ecuador Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA) to the Council for its signature and conclusion.  

Today, the European Commission has put forward its proposals to the Council for the signature and conclusion of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union and India, seeking authorisation for its signature and conclusion.

Today, the European Commission launched a public consultation on the first review of the International Procurement Instrument (IPI).

The EU welcomes Cambodia’s decision to join the Multi-party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) for WTO members, contributing to efforts to uphold a rules-based multilateral trading system.

Today, the European Commission adopted an implementing act determining the type of evidence to be provided by importers to prove the country of ‘melt and pour’ when importing steel products covered by the Steel Regulation into the EU.

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0031: Monitoring of China’s economic policy and developments affecting the economic relations between the EU and China: development and maintenance of a foreign direct investment database (China Observatory)