The Commission's annual report on the use of trade defence instruments, published on 30 April, attests to the upward trend in these activities. It also reveals an extension of the scope of implementation of the Union’s trade defence policy.
Trade tensions
An analysis of the EU's anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard activities, as well as third countries' trade defence activities against Europe in 2019 illustrates the upward trend in the number of cases handled: initiation of 16 cases...