Directorate-General for Trade explained

The Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The European Commission's Directorate-General for Trade (DG Trade) develops and implements the EU's trade policy in order to help secure prosperity, solidarity and security in Europe and around the globe. It covers a wide area from manufactured goods to services, intellectual property and investment.^[1]

As of 1 June 2019 Sabine Weyand is the Director-General.^[2] The DG Trade reports to the European Commissioner for Trade.

In 2020 it had 694 employees.^[3]

Under the authority in the von der Leyen Commission of Executive-Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union (EU) and the rest of the world.

Organisation

• European Commissioner for Trade
• Director General
  • Directorate A - Multilateral Affairs, Strategy, Analysis, Evaluation
    • • Unit A1 - Multilateral affairs and WTO
      • Unit A2 - Trade Strategy
      • Unit A3 - Chief Economist, Trade Analysis and Evaluation
  • Deputy Director General
    • Directorate B - Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property
      • Unit B1 - Far East
      • Unit B2 - Services and Digital Trade
      • Unit B3 - Investment and Intellectual Property
      • Unit B001 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to China
      • Unit B002 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to Japan
    • Directorate C - Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Asia (II), Trade and Sustainable Development, Green Deal
      • Unit C1 - African, Caribbean and Pacific, Overseas Countries and Territories
      • Unit C2 - South and South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand
      • Unit C3 - Bilateral relations in Trade and Sustainable Development, Generalised Scheme of Preferences
      • Unit C4 - Multilateral Trade and Sustainable Development Policy, Green Deal, Conflict Minerals
  • Deputy Director General
    • Directorate D - The Americas, Agriculture and Food Safety
      • Unit D1 - US, Canada
      • Unit D2 - Latin America
      • Unit D3 - Agriculture, Food and Sanitary and Phytosanitary matters
      • Unit D001 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to the US
    • Directorate E - Neighbouring Countries, Industry, Goods, Regulatory Cooperation and Public Procurement
      • Unit E1 - Europe and Eastern Neighbourhood
      • Unit E2 - Southern neighbours, Middle East, Turkey, Russia and Central Asia
      • Unit E3 - Industry, Goods, Energy, Customs and Origin
      • Unit E4 - Regulatory cooperation and Public procurement
  • Deputy Director General
    • Directorate F - Enforcement, Market Access, SMEs, Legal affairs, Technology and Security
      • Unit F1 - Single entry point for enforcement, Market access and SMEs
      • Unit F2 - Dispute Settlement and Legal aspects of trade policy
      • Unit F3 - Legal aspects of trade and sustainable development and investment
      • Unit F4 - Technology and Security, FDI Screening
    • Directorate G - Trade Defence
      • Unit G1 - General Policy, WTO Relations, Relations with Industry
      • Unit G2 - Investigations I. Relations with Member States for Trade Defence matters
      • Unit G3 - Investigations II. Anti-circumvention
      • Unit G4 - Investigations III. Monitoring of implementation
      • Unit G5 - Investigations IV. Relations with third countries for Trade Defence matters
  • Directorate R - Resources, Inter-Institutional Relations, Communications and Civil Society
    • Unit R1 - Resources, HR Business Correspondent and Planning
    • Unit R2 - Interinstitutional Relations, Policy and Briefing Coordination
    • Unit R3 - Transparency, Civil Society and Communication
    • Unit R4 - Information technology and IT systems

See also

• World Trade Organization
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

External links

• Directorate-General for Trade
• Access to Markets portal
• EU Trade Policy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Management plan 2022 . European Commission . 29 November 2022.
2. Web site: Directorate-General for Trade . European Commission . 29 November 2022.
3. Web site: 2021-02-08 . Number of staff by Directorate-General . 2023-05-02 . Epthinktank . en-US.