Directorate-General for Trade

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.

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 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

 * 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