The Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) is a

Directorate-General Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level Ministry (government department), m ...

of the

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. 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,

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and investment. As of 1 June 2019 Sabine Weyand is the Director-General. The DG Trade reports to the

European Commissioner for Trade The European Commissioner for Trade (sometimes referred to as the ''EU Trade Commissioner'') is the member of the European Commission responsible for the Common Commercial Policy (EU), European Union's common commercial policy. Responsibilities ...

. In 2020 it had 694 employees. Under the authority in the

von der Leyen Commission I The first von der Leyen Commission was the European Commission in office from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2024. It consisted of one commissioner from each of the member states of the European Union – including Ursula von der Leyen, its Pres ...

of Executive-Vice President

Valdis Dombrovskis Valdis Dombrovskis (; born 5 August 1971) is a Latvian politician serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for An Economy that Works for People since 2019 and European Commissioner for Trade since 2020. He previously serv ...

, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union ( EU) and the rest of the world.

Organisation

*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

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External links

Directorate-General for TradeAccess to Markets portalEU Trade Policy

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