Today, the European Commission and the High Representative presented a Joint Communication on strengthening Economic Security.
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Yesterday the European Commission, European Council and the European Parliament struck an agreement to revise the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), the EU’s sustainable development trade tool, for developing countries.
EC-TRADE/2025/OP/0006: Under Regulation (EU) 2017/821 on the responsible sourcing of minerals, the Commission has a legal obligation (a) to set up the an indicative, non-exhaustive list of conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs); and (b) to regularly update it.
Today, the EU and South Africa signed the first-ever Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP), building on the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership and the Economic Partnership Agreement.
Today, in Australia, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič launched, together with his twelve counterparts, the first EU-CPTPP Trade and Investment Dialogue.
The European Commission took today an important step to protect the EU’s ferroalloy industry – which employs some 1,800 people in the EU – by imposing definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain ferroalloys into the European Union.
In a joint statement endorsed in Paris today, the European Union and several other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) committed to transparency on the export credits they provide in the energy sector.
Today [9 Nov 2025], the European Union and Ecuador launched negotiations for a Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (SIFA).
According to the fifth Annual Report on Implementation and Enforcement of EU Trade Policy published today, the EU’s large network of trade agreements helps companies find alternative markets for their exports, while reducing dependencies in a challenging geopolitical environment.
As of today, the EU and Ukraine will benefit from an enhanced, stable, fair and permanent trade framework, with the entry into force of the EU-Ukraine Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).
