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The Commission has today extended until end of June the transparency and authorisation mechanism for COVID-19 vaccine exports. This follows persistent delays in some of the deliveries of vaccines to the EU.

The European Commission and the Member States participated in the fourth negotiation round on the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

The EU and U.S. agreed today to suspend all retaliatory tariffs on EU and U.S. exports imposed in the Airbus and Boeing disputes for a four-month period.

Today, the Commission has initiated an investigation to assess whether the safeguard measure currently in place on imports of certain steel products should be prolonged beyond 30 June 2021.

Robust new trade enforcement rules have entered into force that will further strengthen the EU’s toolbox in defending its interests.

On 5 February 2021, the EU-India High-Level Dialogue on Trade Investment held its first meeting.

The 1st of February marks the second anniversary of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Today, the EU and Canada adopted four decisions putting in place the Investment Court System provisions agreed in CETA.

In an effort to tackle the current lack of transparency of COVID-19 vaccine exports outside the EU, the Commission has today put in place a measure requiring that such exports are subject to an authorisation by Member States.