5-616: 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
10-471: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Directorate-General Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level ministries . Most are headed by a European Commissioner , responsible for the general direction of
15-684: 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 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. This article about the European Union
20-673: The European Patent Organisation , separate from the EU) also has Directorates-General , which are administrative groupings of departments. The Directorates-General of the European Commission are divided into four groups: Policy DGs, External relations DGs, General Service DGs and Internal Service DGs. Internally, the DGs are referred to by their abbreviations , provided below. In addition to its Legal Service ,
25-796: The Directorate-General, and in charge of (politically responsible for) the corresponding policy area; and a director-general, responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs, who reports to the European Commissioner. Nearly all of the top-level organisational divisions of the Secretariat of the European Parliament and the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union are also termed Directorates-General. The European Patent Office (part of
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