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Today, the European Commission and the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy published a new joint report on the implementation of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) – the EU's main trade policy tool to support developing countries' exports to the bloc.

To respond to growing imbalances in global trade, the European Commission is upgrading its import monitoring toolbox by reconfiguring its ‘import barometer’, which gathers up-to-date import data and was originally established in 2025.

Today, the European Union and India held the third meeting of their Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Brussels, reaffirming the TTC as a central platform for cooperation on trade, technology and security.

Today, the European Union submitted three papers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on how to reform its work, in support of the new phase of the WTO reform process as discussions among members become more substantive.

On 7 July 2026, the Commission published a regulation imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of passenger-car and light-lorry tyres originating in the People’s Republic of China.

Today, the EU and the South Africa are holding the first government-to-government dialogue at senior-official level to advance on the implementation of their Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP).

EC-TRADE/2026/OP/0014: My trade assistant for services and investment: procurement of information and data regarding the export of services and investment to third-country markets

A new regulation that protects the EU steel sector from the damaging impacts of global overcapacity enters into application on 1 July 2026. This represents a vital step towards ensuring the long-term viability of a strategically crucial European industry.

Today the European Commission presented its proposals on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and the Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) with Indonesia to the Council for their signature and conclusion.