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Directorate-General for Trade

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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

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Management plan 2022" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Directorate-General for Trade". European Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Number of staff by Directorate-General". Epthinktank. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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