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The European Commission has published a report summarising progress made during the latest negotiation round to deepen the existing Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with five Eastern and Southern African partners.

Today, the European Commission has published an updated report on significant state-induced distortions in the economy of the People’s Republic of China.

Today, 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.

Today, the EU, the US, and other Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) partners, joined by Kazakhstan, Namibia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, announced the launch of the Minerals Security Partnership Forum (or 'MSP Forum').

Today, the EU and Uzbekistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) launching a strategic partnership on critical raw materials (CRMs). This important agreement marks a significant step towards securing a diversified and sustainable supply of CRMs for the green and digital transitions.

On 4 April 2024, the EU and the US held their third high-level tripartite Trade and Labour Dialogue (TALD) with EU and US social partner stakeholders, focusing on ways to ensure a successful, just and inclusive green transition.

The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain polyethylene terephthalate (‘PET’) from China, defending EU companies and more than 1,500 jobs. The EU market of PET has a value of over €5.5 billion.

EC-TRADE/2024/OP/0003 Study in support of an ex-post evaluation of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership

EC-TRADE/2024/OP/0004 Support to civil society advisory bodies (Domestic Advisory Groups, or DAGs) in trade agreements