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Countries of the OECD are holding an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss a potential ban on export credits to unabated international coal-fired electricity generation projects.

The Commission has initiated a series of actions to effectively implement and enforce the new Export Control Regulation (EU) 2021/821 that enters into force on 9 September 2021 following its adoption on 20 May 2021.

Following the launch of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) at the EU-U.S. Summit in June, the EU and the U.S. are today announcing the details for its first meeting.

The EU is today strengthening its ability to respond to new security risks and emerging technologies. The new Export Control Regulation enters into force today and will tighten controls on trade in dual-use items.

The system for protecting EU businesses from dumped and subsidised imports continued to function well in 2020 thanks to the EU’s robust and innovative ways of using trade defence instruments (TDI).

TRADE/2021/OP/0002 China Observatory: 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

The Commission published today the report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

The EU is requesting consultations with Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding certain Russian measures.

On 15 July, the World Trade Organization (WTO) held a ministerial meeting on fisheries subsidies, which confirmed the commitment to set the course for a successful outcome on negotiations before the WTO’s Ministerial Conference starting in November.