This is the Commission's first consolidated report on trade implementation and enforcement actions. It follows the appointment of the first Chief Trade Enforcement Officer in the Commission on 24 July 2020, to oversee and direct the effective implementation and enforcement of EU trade agreements and arrangements, with an explicit mandate to report to the European Parliament as well as to the Council of the European Union and the public. This report, which will be published annually, is the main instrument for doing so. The report consolidates the former yearly report on the implementation of EU trade agreements and its staff working document, as well as the former yearly trade and investment barriers report, into one. It contains information on activities undertaken by the Commission in partnership with Member States under the strategy to improve market access and help SMEs make the most of EU trade agreements, and demonstrates how the Commission works with civil society. It also reports on trade enforcement actions taken by the Commission under the dispute settlement mechanisms of the World Trade Organization (WTO), under bilateral trade agreements and under the EU's Trade Barriers Regulation. Finally, the report provides statistical data on trade and investment for the 37 main EU trade agreements from 2020 (on goods) and 2019 (on services) and covers significant developments up to the end of the second quarter of 2021. As the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement only entered into force on 1 May 2021 (provisionally applied as of 1 January), it will be covered by the 2022 edition of this report.

In its 2015 Trade for All communication, the Commission committed itself to report annually on the implementation of the European Union's (EU) most significant trade agreements. This is now the third report on this matter. This report provides an update on the implementation of 35 major trade agreements with 62 partners, including the first full year report on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). In addition, the report describes the work undertaken prior to the entry into force of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.

This report provides an update of 36 of the EU's major trade agreements with 65 trading partners. The agreements cover 91% of EU trade with preferential partners and account for 30.4% of EU total external trade. The report highlights the implementation of EU agreements in Asia, the Americas, the EU's neighbouring countries (Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood countries and Western Balkans) and African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. In addition to sections on trade and sustainable development, agri-food trade and small and medium-sized businesses, this year's report includes a separate section on services, investment, public procurement and intellectual property rights. The accompanying Staff Working Document consists of 36 country information sheets. It looks at how effectively agreements are being implemented, provides statistics and has an update on the implementation of the European Commission's 15-point action plan on trade and sustainable development.

The Handbook on the EU and International Trade presents a multidisciplinary overview of the major perspectives, actors and issues in contemporary EU trade relations. Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the European Union's trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy making in the context of the EU's trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.

Investigates the coherence between the EU's trade policy and its non-trade objectives from legal, political, and economic perspectives.

"Territorial cohesion" strives for a more balanced spatial development and seeks to improve integration throughout the EU. The scientific articles in this volume examine the interpretations of this term, the challenges of European spatial development policy, and the problems and concepts involved in achieving territorial cohesion. Two short reports illustrate the implementation of territorial cohesion on the basis of two research projects.

The Canada–European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is hailed as the gold standard for trade agreements. It addresses tariffs on traded goods, favoured status for EU and Canadian exporters, trade in services, and technical barriers to trade, while also seeking coordination between government agencies to promote regulatory cooperation, harmonization, and mutual recognition of standards. As the world retreats towards populism and protectionism, CETA Implementation and Implications provides a vital examination of this contemporary economic collaboration between developed states, which serves as a model for other progressive regional trade agreements. This book offers the first in-depth, comprehensive assessment of CETA, covering many of its most important elements and exploring its obstacles, accomplishments, and early effects. Based on the European Commission-funded Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Project on CETA Implementation and Implications, which linked scholars and stakeholders across Europe and North America to analyze and evaluate the implementation and impacts of the agreement, this book covers regulation, procurement, the environment, the innovative investment disputes system, labour mobility and labour relations, bilateral governance instruments, and the implications for EU trade policy of CETA’s contested ratification. Uniquely interdisciplinary and featuring contributors from around the world, CETA Implementation and Implications provides a nuanced and balanced assessment of this landmark trade agreement and its effects on regional and global trade in turbulent times.

This book explores interactions between the new generation EU FTA and the WTO dispute settlement mechanisms, adopting an innovative, comprehensive approach. It investigates how the mechanisms potentially could and actually do compete, conflict, and cooperate, focusing not only on the potential negative consequences of fragmentation, but also on how synergies could be enhanced. Thus, unlike the existing literature, which chiefly focuses on conflicting interactions, it considers positive and negative interactions alike. Moreover, the book explores the topic in light of the most recent changes in and challenges to the international trade law regime. Particular attention is paid to how the multilateral and bilateral mechanisms studied interact with regard to the current WTO dispute settlement crisis and the EU-backed multi-party interim appeal arbitration arrangement. Thus, the book provides up-to-date answers to compelling questions. It also examines in detail the new generation EU FTA dispute settlement mechanisms, an aspect which has not been the subject of thorough research to date.The book pursues an interdisciplinary approach, combining legal methodology, international relations and political science theories with interviews. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers and scholars whose work involves international trade law issues. However, it will also be of interest to general international law academics, as it touches upon such issues as fragmentation, forum shopping, and general rules of interpretation. Furthermore, by analysing and presenting proposals with regard to the new generation EU FTAs, it will also be pertinent to the work of EU policymakers and researchers studying EU trade law.