Trade barrier investigations | Brussels, 4 May 2021 As part of its enforcement of international trade rules, the Commission services have concluded two examinations under the EU’s Trade Barriers Regulation (TBR): one concerning Saudi Arabia´s measures …
South Korea | Brussels, 29 April 2021 Today, the EU and the Republic of Korea highlighted how their ten-year-old trade agreement remains a bedrock of the bilateral economic relationship and a strong foundation to help our economies recover and grow from …
Intellectual property | Brussels, 28 April 2021 The European Commission published today its biennial report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in third countries. Executive Vice-President and Commissioner for Trade …
Events | Brussels, 26 April 2021 Today, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is joining Valdis Dombrovskis, the Commission Executive Vice-President responsible for trade, and other influential speakers at EU Trade Policy Day 2021 …
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2021/607 of 14 April 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of citric acid originating in the People’s Republic of China as extended to imports of citric acid consigned from Malaysia, whether …
Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) | Brussels, 9 April 2021 The EU has accepted the Republic of Uzbekistan as the 9th beneficiary country of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) under the unilateral …
Trade policy and you Online Event, 26 April 2021 On Monday 26 April, the European Commission holds its 2021 Trade Policy Day to discuss its new Trade Strategy to promote an open, sustainable and assertive trade policy for the EU. About the event …
Trade defence | Brussels, 30 March 2021 The Commission has published a regulation imposing definitive duties on imports of aluminium extrusions originating in the People’s Republic of China. The anti-dumping duties imposed range from 21.2% to 32.1%. This …
Mercosur | Brussels, 29 March 2021 The European Commission published today the final version of the Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the potential economic, social, environmental and human rights impact of the trade part of the association …
Canada | Brussels, 25 March 2021 Today, the EU and Canada highlighted the positive impact of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in helping to minimise the economic impact of COVID-19. CETA is a central pillar of the political, trade and …
Import and export rules | Brussels, 24 March 2021 Today, the European Commission has introduced the principles of reciprocity and proportionality as new criteria to be considered for authorising exports under the transparency and authorisation mechanism …
Enforcement and protection | Brussels, 23 March 2021 Today, the European Commission launched a 12-week public consultation to seek input from businesses, organisations and individuals in shaping a new legal instrument to deter and counteract coercive …
Aid for trade Geneva, 23-25 March 2021 (virtual event) The Aid-for-Trade stocktaking event aims to survey the trade impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and make the case for the mobilisation of Aid-for-Trade financing to support recovery and foster resilience …
Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Brussels, 16 March 2021 The GSP Engagement Week is a fully virtual conference organised as part of the GSP Hub Project, which aims to increase the awareness and engagement with the EU’s Generalised. Scheme of …
China | Brussels, 12 March 2021 The Commission has today published the schedules of commitments agreed under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), concluded in principle on 30 December 2020. Following the publication of the text of the …
Import and export rules | Brussels, 11 March 2021 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. …