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The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on two Regulations eliminating tariffs on all US industrial goods and providing preferential market access for certain US agricultural and seafood products.

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Today the Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on imports into the EU of adipic acid from the People’s Republic of China. 

Tomorrow (1 May), the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement (ITA) will start being provisionally applied. This will allow EU producers, exporters, and farmers to start reaping the benefits of this deal as of day one.

The European Commission welcomes today’s vote by the European Parliament in favour of the new Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP), which represents the final step before its entry into application on 1 January 2027.

Today, the EU and US signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership on critical minerals and agreed an EU-US Critical Minerals Action Plan.

The European Commission has proposed the full resumption of the EU-Syria Cooperation Agreement, marking a new step in relations between both sides.

Today, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maroš Šefčovič and South Korean Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo co-chaired the thirteenth EU-Republic of Korea Trade Committee, under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA).