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Today the Commission imposed anti-dumping duties of 13%-62% on imports of tinplate from China. The measures seek to protect the EU’s tinplate industry, which directly employs almost 5,000 people in five Member States, from being harmed by unfair trading practices.

The European Union and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have formally launched negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement, opening the possibility of the first comprehensive EU trade deal in the Gulf region.

The Convention will increase transparency in disputes brought by investors against States under investment treaties by ensuring greater public access to documents and hearings and permitting interested parties to make submissions to the tribunal.

Today, the European Commission launched an investigation to assess whether anti-dumping measures are warranted on imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from Vietnam.

The Commission’s biennial Report on the Protection and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Third Countries, published today, identifies IPR deficiencies in third countries that cause the greatest economic harm to EU interests.

Today, the European Commission launched an investigation to assess whether anti-dumping measures are warranted on imports of tyres for passenger cars and light lorries from China.

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0012: Supply and update of data for the “import requirements” and “internal taxes” sections of the European Commission's Access2Markets website

EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0013: Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) in support of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a list of US imports which could become subject to EU countermeasures, if ongoing EU-US negotiations do not result in a mutually beneficial outcome and the removal of the US tariffs.