The World Trade Organization (WTO) is made of governments and customs territories that set, apply and enforce the global rules for trade between themselves. Both the European Union (EU) and the individual EU countries are members of the WTO.

Apr 25, 2022 · The EU supports the central role of the WTO in rule-making, trade liberalisation and sustainable development. EU plays a major role in the WTO since the EU is the world’s biggest trading bloc. And the WTO is at the centre of trade because more than 60% of EU trade is conducted on WTO terms.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) works to guarantee a rules-based international trading system. Despite the impasse in trade negotiations, ways to modernise WTO rules and address new global challenges are being explored.

22 hours ago · As predicted by ip fray on April 10, 2025, the European Union (EU) has confirmed on April 22, 2025 it lost the World Trade Organization (WTO) proceedings against China over anti-suit injunctions ...

Details on how the EU supports the work of the WTO, the Agreement on Agriculture, and EU priorities in agricultural negotiations.

2 days ago · Find out about the EU’s trade policies, economic security, and trade relations with the rest of the world. Up-to-date information on current trade talks, and trade agreements already in place. Helping small firms make the most of EU trade deals. The EU's role in the World Trade Organization and our ideas for reform.

Mar 24, 2025 · When it comes to tariffs, the European Union follows the principles and rules established by the World Trade Organization (WTO), of which it has been a member since 1995. All EU member states are also part of the WTO in their own right. One of the main WTO principles is known as most-favoured-nation treatment. It means that countries cannot ...

Feb 22, 2023 · A fully functioning WTO dispute settlement system by 2024 remains the EU’s top priority for WTO reform. Our other priority concerns the negotiation function and that the WTO builds on recent multilateral and plurilateral progress and …

Sep 27, 2018 · The EU's concept paper presents ideas relating to three key areas: updating the rule book on international trade to account for today's global economy; strengthening the monitoring role of the WTO; and overcoming the imminent deadlock on the WTO dispute settlement system.

22 hours ago · The EU argued in the appeal filed Tuesday that the World Trade Organization was wrong to hold that key provisions of international trade law did not bar WTO members from taking measures that ...