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
- Directorate B - Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property
- 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
- Directorate D - The Americas, Agriculture and Food Safety
- 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 F - Enforcement, Market Access, SMEs, Legal affairs, Technology and Security
- 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
- Directorate A - Multilateral Affairs, Strategy, Analysis, Evaluation
See also
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