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Ao longo dos anos, a UE tem-se afastado da produção de produtos de mão-de-obra intensiva e de baixo valor, de forma a especializar-se em bens de marca de maior valor. Devido à sua economia aberta, o comércio é essencial para a UE. Para ultrapassar as barreiras ao comércio e nivelar as condições de concorrência para as suas empresas, a União negocia vários acordos de comércio livre (ACL). A UE também é fundadora e uma agente essencial da Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC).

A Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) trabalha em prol de um sistema de comércio internacional assente em regras. Apesar do impasse nas negociações comerciais, estão a ser exploradas formas para modernizar as regras da OMC e dar resposta aos novos desafios globais. Nos termos do Tratado de Lisboa, o Parlamento legisla conjuntamente com o Conselho, tem de aprovar as alterações aos acordos da OMC e os novos acordos e tem um papel importante de controlo da política comercial internacional.

A política de desenvolvimento da UE realça a importância do comércio e dedica maior atenção aos países mais necessitados. O Sistema de Preferências Generalizadas proporciona a determinados bens provenientes de países em desenvolvimento um acesso preferencial ao mercado da UE. Os acordos de parceria económica garantem o tratamento comercial preferencial aos países de África, das Caraíbas e do Pacífico, ao passo que o regime «Tudo Menos Armas» é aplicável aos países menos desenvolvidos. Estes regimes ...

The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement is the main tool for bringing Ukraine and the EU closer together: it promotes deeper political ties, stronger economic links and the respect for common values. The Agreement was negotiated between 2007 and 2011, signed in 2014, and entered into force on 1 September 2017 after unanimous ratification by EU Member States. The Association Agreement includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between the EU and Ukraine that has been provisionally applied ...

As part of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 800 citizens debated their ideas for the European Union in four thematic panels. The citizens involved in Panel 4 considered the possibilities for two related themes: the EU in the world and migration. This publication presents their recommendations, as well as a selection of related European Parliament resolutions and EU legislation, funding programmes and other activities. These background elements are not exhaustive, but have been selected to ...

The Commission Executive Vice-President/Commissioner-designate, Valdis Dombrovskis, appeared before the European Parliament on 02 October 2020 to answer questions put by MEPs from the Committee on International Trade, in association with the Committees on Foreign Affairs, on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on Development and on Budgets. During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio as Trade Commissioner, as described ...

The Commissioner-designate, Phil Hogan, appeared before the European Parliament on 30 September 2019 to answer questions from MEPs in the Committee on International Trade (INTA). During the hearing, he made a number of commitments which are highlighted in this document. These commitments refer to his portfolio, as described in the mission letter sent to him by Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission, including: - A level playing field for all; - Strengthening Europe’s ...

The European Union (EU) is the biggest integrated economic zone and a guarantor of an open and predictable regulatory system able to determine its own economic destiny. But the behaviour of other global powers is increasingly calling this ability into question. China and the United States, especially, do not separate economic interests from geopolitical interests in the same way the EU does and are increasingly trying to gain geopolitical advantage using their economic might. The EU is known as ...