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

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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

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is the Director-General. The DG Trade reports to the Trade Commissioner.

Trade Commissioner history

Under the authority in the

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, the

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, DG TRADE coordinated 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

References

External links

Directorate-General for TradeAccess to Markets portalEU Trade Policy

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Trade Commissioner history

Organisation

See also

References

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