DG Trade related content 

A difference of opinion on the future of electric cars. The Commission's energy department is not falling for the hype on electric cars – or so it seems. Earlier this...

A Pied Piper and his causes. When Karl Falkenberg left the European Commission's trade department, his place of work for 30 years, his colleagues gave him a mountain bike; a...

Is Brussels a common denominator in the UK's recent corruption scandals? Surely not. There is a persistent Brussels thread to the current controversy in British politics...

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are a major feature of the Brussels networking environment and play an important role in the formation of policy at EU level. They see...

Mary Kerrigan is joining the cabinet of Ireland's European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy in September. A journalist with the Evening Press and Sunday Press for 15 years,...

The past week has seen an ebb and flow in attempts to maintain support for global free trade. Last Friday (1 December) EU employment ministers finalised the qualifying...

The European Commission has appointed Dominique Avot, a former head of unit dealing with trade defence issues, to the new post of hearing officer in DG Trade to adjudicate...

East and central African countries are warning that they are not prepared to continue negotiations with the European Commission aimed at establishing new Economic Partnership...

Since China joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001 the European Union has been following a softly- softly approach to trade relations with this...

The European Commission has appointed its first-ever female secretary-general as part of a wide-ranging shake-up of senior officials. Irishwoman Catherine Day, who has for...

Greek lawyer Eirini Zafeiratou has taken over as director of GSM Europe's Brussels office. GSME is the European interest group of the GSM Association which represents 148...

An appointment made yesterday (14 September) by the European Commission will make people more careful with their spelling of Hungarian names if not their pronunciation. The...

The prospect is looming of further trade conflicts between the EU and China in the wake of the textile dispute. The policy of the EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson of...

Arancha González, who was spokesperson for Pascal Lamy in the latter years of his time as trade commissioner, is to go with him to the World Trade Organization. Currently a...

For much of his career, Peter Mandelson has been associated with the art of spin. So when the European commissioner for trade insists that he wishes to use his portfolio as...

The European Commission will tomorrow (4 February) propose to protect the Union's fish farmers by fixing permanent quotas and a minimum price for imports of farmed salmon...

The trade policy pursued by the new European Commission will be a litmus test for the Union's relations with Africa. Will it be adjusted to ensure that the continent's...

When it was announced that Françoise Le Bail had been appointed by the Commission President-elect José Manuel Barroso as his spokeswoman, the Brussels rumour...

PETER Mandelson, Britain's trade commissioner-designate, strode back towards what he believes is his rightful place at the centre of the European political stage with a...