A report published on 12 November by the European Commission shows that EU exports employ 38 million people across the continent. This represents a 75% increase between 2000 and 2019. And exports increased by 130% over the same period.
Germany is the largest beneficiary of these jobs, with 9.3 million jobs supported by exports outside the EU in 2019. France and Italy come second and third.
“As we now enter the post-pandemic recovery, it is our priority to keep boosting exports and create markets for EU goods and services, so that we can support our companies and create jobs for people across the EU”, said Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis.
This comes at a time when the European Commission and member states are criticising the slow pace of ratification of free trade agreements (see EUROPE 12830/19).
See the report: https://bit.ly/3HhkA8Y (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)