# Directorate-General for Trade

The Directorate-General for Trade (DG TRADE) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The European Commission's Directorate- General for Trade (DG Trade) develops and implements the EU's trade policy in order to help secure prosperity, solidarity and security in Europe and around the globe. It covers a wide area from manufactured goods to services, intellectual property and investment.
As of 1 June 2019 Sabine Weyand is the Director-General. The DG Trade reports to the European Commissioner for Trade.
In 2020 it had 694 employees.
Under the authority in the von der Leyen Commission I of Executive-Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commissioner for Trade, DG TRADE coordinates trade relations between the European Union (EU) and the rest of the world.

## Organisation

* European Commissioner for Trade
* Director General
** Directorate A - Multilateral Affairs, Strategy, Analysis, Evaluation
**** Unit A1 - Multilateral affairs and WTO
**** Unit A2 - Trade Strategy
**** Unit A3 - Chief Economist, Trade Analysis and Evaluation
** Deputy Director General
*** Directorate B - Asia (I), Services and Digital Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property
**** Unit B1 - Far East
**** Unit B2 - Services and Digital Trade
**** Unit B3 - Investment and Intellectual Property
**** Unit B001 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to China
**** Unit B002 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to Japan
*** Directorate C - Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, Asia (II), Trade and Sustainable Development, Green Deal
**** Unit C1 - African, Caribbean and Pacific, Overseas Countries and Territories
**** Unit C2 - South and South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand
**** Unit C3 - Bilateral relations in Trade and Sustainable Development, Generalised Scheme of Preferences
**** Unit C4 - Multilateral Trade and Sustainable Development Policy, Green Deal, Conflict Minerals
** Deputy Director General
*** Directorate D - The Americas, Agriculture and Food Safety
**** Unit D1 - US, Canada
**** Unit D2 - Latin America
**** Unit D3 - Agriculture, Food and Sanitary and Phytosanitary matters
**** Unit D001 - Trade Section in the EU Delegation to the US
*** Directorate E - Neighbouring Countries, Industry, Goods, Regulatory Cooperation and Public Procurement
**** Unit E1 - Europe and Eastern Neighbourhood
**** Unit E2 - Southern neighbours, Middle East, Turkey, Russia and Central Asia
**** Unit E3 - Industry, Goods, Energy, Customs and Origin
**** Unit E4 - Regulatory cooperation and Public procurement
** Deputy Director General
*** Directorate F - Enforcement, Market Access, SMEs, Legal affairs, Technology and Security
**** Unit F1 - Single entry point for enforcement, Market access and SMEs
**** Unit F2 - Dispute Settlement and Legal aspects of trade policy
**** Unit F3 - Legal aspects of trade and sustainable development and investment
**** Unit F4 - Technology and Security, FDI Screening
*** Directorate G - Trade Defence
**** Unit G1 - General Policy, WTO Relations, Relations with Industry
**** Unit G2 - Investigations I. Relations with Member States for Trade Defence matters
**** Unit G3 - Investigations II. Anti-circumvention
**** Unit G4 - Investigations III. Monitoring of implementation
**** Unit G5 - Investigations IV. Relations with third countries for Trade Defence matters
** Directorate R - Resources, Inter-Institutional Relations, Communications and Civil Society
*** Unit R1 - Resources, HR Business Correspondent and Planning
*** Unit R2 - Interinstitutional Relations, Policy and Briefing Coordination
*** Unit R3 - Transparency, Civil Society and Communication
*** Unit R4 - Information technology and IT systems