Directorate General for Trade

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The Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. DG TRADE works on securing prosperity, solidarity and security in Europe and around the globe. It covers a wide area from manufactured goods to services, intellectual property and investment.

Under the authority of Cecilia Malmström, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union (EU) and the rest of the world. As of 2015 Jean-Luc Demarty is the Director-General.

Organisation

European Commissioner for Trade

Director General

Deputy Director General

Directorate A - Resources, Information and Policy Coordination

Unit A1 - Resources and Strategic Planning

Unit A2 - Policy Coordination and Inter–institutional Relations

Unit A3 - Information, Communication and Civil Society

Unit A4 - Information technology and IT systems

Unit A5 - Evaluation

Directorate B - Services and Investment, Intellectual Property and Public Procurement

Unit B1 - Services

Unit B2 - Investment

Unit B3 - Intellectual Property and Public Procurement

Directorate C - Asia and Latin America

Unit C1 - Far East

Unit C2 - South and South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand

Unit C3 - Latin America

Directorate D - Sustainable Development; Economic Partnership Agreements – African, Caribbean and Pacific; Agri–food and Fisheries

Unit D1 - Trade and Sustainable Development, Generalised System of Preferences

Unit D2 - Economic Partnership Agreements – Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Overseas Countries and Territories

Unit D3 - Agriculture, Fisheries, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Market Access, Biotechnology

Deputy Director General

Directorate E - Neighbouring countries, USA and Canada

Unit E1 - USA and Canada

Unit E2 - Russia, CIS, Ukraine, Western Balkan, EFTA, EEA, Turkey and Central Asia

Unit E3 - South Mediterranean and Middle East

Directorate F - WTO, Legal Affairs & Trade in Goods

Unit F1 - WTO coordination, OECD, Export Credits and Dual Use

Unit F2 - Dispute Settlement and Legal Aspects of Trade Policy

Unit F3 - Tariff and Non–Tariff Negotiations, Rules of Origin

Directorate G - Market Access and Industry

Unit G1 - Trade Strategy

Unit G2 - Chief Economist and Trade Analysis

Unit G3 - Market Access, Industry, Energy and Raw Materials

Directorate H - Trade Defence

Unit H1 - General Policy, WTO Relations, Relations with Industry

Unit H2 - Investigations I - Relations with Member States and Industry for Trade Defence Matters

Unit H3 - Investigations II - Anti-Circumvention

Unit H4 - Investigations III - Monitoring of Implementation

Unit H5 - Investigations IV - Relations with third countries for Trade Defence matters

Unit H6 - Investigations V - Administrative Matters

References

Directorate-General for Trade Wikipedia

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