The objective is to provide the European Commission and its development partners in developing countries and transition economies(including ACP countries) with timely and flexible access to high quality technical experts in the specific areas of trade expertise. In particular:
– Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade, environment and non tariff barriers;
– Trade in Services, Intellectual Property Rights, Investment, Competition and Transparency in Government Procurement;
– Trade Facilitation and Customs Valuation;
– Trade Policy development, including market access, good governance, labour standards, and regional trade agreements;
– Trade “infrastructure”: regulatory, legislative and institutional, including negotiation capacity building;
– Dispute Settlement, Anti Dumping, Countervailing Measures and Safeguards;
– Commodity-related issues (modernisation; vertical and horizontal diversification)