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30 years ago today, the world united to reshape global trade, signing the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO. We were there every step of the way.

Discover how Germany is overcoming barriers to enable exports of pork to South Korea in our latest exporter's story! German firm Brand hopes South Korea's decision to open its market to German porcine products will inspire other large markets such as China and the Philippines to lift their own embargoes, which were imposed after an outbreak of African swine fever.

Last week, the EU and the United States held the sixth meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in Leuven, Belgium. The meeting allowed ministers to build on ongoing work and present new deliverables of the TTC after two and a half years of cooperation.

This report provides relevant factual information for ongoing and future EU trade defence investigations related to antidumping. It will enable EU industry, when filing complaints about dumping practices, to use the most up-to-date information on the Chinese economy and on specific circumstances of the market, and in selected industrial sectors.

As part of its transparency commitments, the Commission has published 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 (ESA5): Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe.

The Trade and Technology Council (TTC) is under way in Leuven! Stay tuned for exclusive insights and updates by following our social media channels. Don't miss out on the latest developments shaping the future of trade and technology!

Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs) between the EU and its trading partners reduce the burden of conformity assessment costs, making it easier and cheaper for EU companies to sell industrial products abroad. Learn how Finnish test lab Verkotan Oy has capitalized on MRA accreditation, boosting its business and empowering EU exporters to access markets like the US and Canada effortlessly.

Thanks to the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement, Ly Company thrives in the Dominican Republic. Investing €4.5 million, they've set up a plant using Europe-made machinery, creating jobs and promoting eco-friendly practices.

"We must stand up for fair & open trade to ensure economic growth & prosperity. Our policies must be based on facts - not perception."

The European Commission and the Peruvian government have agreed on a broad and ambitious list of technical cooperation activities to implement the labour rights commitments taken under the EU-Colombia-Peru-Ecuador Trade Agreement.

This week EU and the Philippines officially announced the resumption of negotiations for an ambitious, modern and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) – with sustainability at its core.

It was a pleasure being in beautiful Vienna in our tour of EU member states, to promote our vast network of trade agreements to businesses and policy makers! Next stop: Hannover, Germany. See you there?

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Watch the recording of the meeting where EU presented to civil society organisations the outcomes of the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference.

European Parliament voted yesterday to give its consent to include provisions on cross-border data flows in the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

Meet Pervormance, founded by sisters Gabriele Renner and Sabine Stein in 2010. Their eco-friendly cooling garments, using patented 3D technology, offer relief in heat-stressed conditions. Despite challenges in some markets, they're on a mission to expand globally, advocating for sustainable solutions in a warming world. Read about their inspiring journey here.

The 6th meeting of the EU-US Trade & Technology Council will be held in the university town of Leuven, a place of both history and of innovation. Join us on Thursday April 4th and Friday April 5th.

The European Commission was instrumental in brokering important outcomes at the 13th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (MC13) that ended last Friday in Abu Dhabi. After a week of intense engagement, EU negotiators secured important agreements on e-commerce, new rules to improve global services trade, environmental cooperation, and strengthening the position of developing countries in the global trading system.

In a ruling published on 5 March 2024, the World Trade Organization (WTO) upheld the EU’s ability to take environmental and climate-based action under the Renewable Energy Directive (‘RED II’). The dispute was brought by Malaysia (DS600) against measures taken by the EU under RED II concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels, as well as certain related French measures.

Trade in services just got a big boost at the World Trade Organization. The EU helped deliver new global rules to simplify trade in services. This agreement will help reduce the costs of global services trade by more than €110 billion every year, by ensuring transparency, efficiency and predictability of authorisation and qualification requirements and procedures.