Events

Short news briefs and updates on trade policy developments affecting transatlantic commerce.

Regulatory Measure
Content type: Regulatory Measure

Texts adopted by European Parliament, Strasbourg, 10 February 2026

The European Parliament adopted a package of texts at its Strasbourg sitting on Tuesday, 10 February 2026, covering asylum rules, agricultural and wine sector measures, trade safeguards, metrology, climate framework, EU designs codification, and ECB matters.
Legislative Process
Content type: Legislative Process

Oral explanations of votes on wine-sector rules and ECB annual report

The European Parliament recorded oral explanations of votes in Strasbourg on amendments to wine-sector market rules and on the European Central Bank annual report 2025.
Regulatory Measure
Content type: Regulatory Measure

EU Parliament adopts amendments to wine market rules

The European Parliament adopted a provisional agreement amending EU market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products, closing its first reading in Strasbourg.
Agreement / Partnership
Content type: Agreement / Partnership

EU‑Mercosur agricultural safeguard: provisional agreement adopted

The European Parliament adopted a provisional regulation to activate a safeguard mechanism for agricultural trade with Mercosur, closing its first reading and approving the Commission statement.
Legislative Process
Content type: Legislative Process

Plenary minutes — Strasbourg, 9 February 2026

The Strasbourg plenary sitting covered procedural business and held debates on wine-sector market rules and support, the ECB annual report 2025, World Cancer Day, and a short presentation on amending the Measuring Instruments Directive.
Legislative Process
Content type: Legislative Process

Amending Measuring Instruments Directive: EV charging and meters

The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection presented a report proposing amendments to Directive 2014/32/EU to address electric vehicle supply equipment, compressed gas dispensers and electricity, gas and thermal energy meters.
Negotiation
Content type: Negotiation

Parliament authorises negotiations on EU steel overcapacity regulation

A parliamentary committee decided to enter interinstitutional negotiations on a Commission proposal to tackle negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market.
Regulatory Measure
Content type: Regulatory Measure

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

Parliament has signed a regulation to phase out Russian natural gas imports and to prepare the phase-out of Russian oil imports, and will sign a new regulation on detergents and surfactants on 11 February 2026.
Legislative Process
Content type: Legislative Process

Amending market rules and support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, via rapporteur Esther Herranz García, presented and debated a report on a Commission proposal to amend EU market rules and sectoral support measures affecting the wine sector and aromatised wine products.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

Commission acts against unfairly traded imports of sweetcorn from China

The Commission imposed anti-dumping duties on imports into the EU of sweetcorn from the People’s Republic of China.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese sweetcorn

The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 31% to 54.3% on imports of sweetcorn from the People’s Republic of China.
Report / Statistics
Content type: Report / Statistics

Budgetary assessment: Council decision on Cook Islands fisheries protocol

The Committee on Budgets produced a budgetary assessment for the Committee on Fisheries on the Commission proposal to conclude, on the Union’s behalf, a protocol implementing a sustainable fisheries partnership with the Cook Islands for 2025–2032.
Legislative Process

European Parliament

Content type: Legislative Process

MEPs resume work on Turnberry trade proposals

Shadow rapporteurs in the International Trade Committee have agreed to resume work on two legislative proposals implementing parts of the Turnberry deal, and said a vote could potentially take place at the committee meeting on Tuesday 24 February.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese high-pressure cylinders

The Commission imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 57.7% to 90.3% on imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders from the People’s Republic of China.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese high-pressure cylinders

EU importers of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders from China face definitive anti-dumping duties of 57.7% to 90.3%, creating immediate sourcing, pricing and compliance impacts. Manufacturers and compliance teams in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and Italy will be directly affected by the measures.
Market Update

European Parliament

Content type: Market Update

DMER delegation visits Uruguay and Paraguay (27–29 Oct 2025)

A European Parliament DMER delegation visited Uruguay and Paraguay from 27 to 29 October 2025, meeting government officials, EU delegations and civil society organisations.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

Commission acts against unfairly traded imports of candles from China

The Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 56% to 60% for five years on imports of candles, tapers and the like from China after finding dumped prices that harmed EU industry.
Regulatory Measure

DG Trade

Content type: Regulatory Measure Category: Anti-Dumping

EU imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese candles

The Commission imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 56% to 60% on imports of candles, tapers and the like from China, to apply for five years.
Agreement / Partnership

DG Trade

Content type: Agreement / Partnership Category: Digital Trade

EU–Singapore Digital Trade Agreement enters into force

The EU‑Singapore Digital Trade Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2026, setting binding rules to make cross‑border digital transactions easier, more predictable and more reliable.
Legislative Process

European Parliament

Content type: Legislative Process

EU committee backs stricter steel import measures

The European Parliament's International Trade Committee adopted a position to cut tariff-free steel import quotas, raise duties on excess imports and ban steel from Russia and Belarus to address global overcapacity.
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