Directorate-General for Trade


The Directorate-General for Trade is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The European Commission's Directorate-
General for 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.
As of 1 June 2019 Sabine Weyand is the Director-General. The DG Trade reports to the European Commissioner for Trade.
In 2020 it had 694 employees.
Under the authority in the von der Leyen Commission I of Executive-Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union and the rest of the world.

Organisation

  • 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, 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, 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, EU [FDI screening framework|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