EUROPEAN SERVICES FORUM

The Civil Society Dialogue (CSD) Contact Group discussed trade policy priorities in the current geopolitical context and the upcoming CSD calendar.

The main topics of the agenda were the WTO MC14 logistics and the rolling calendar of CSD meetings for 2026. Colleagues informed participants about logistics and later participants proposed topics for the 2026 calendar.

Exchange of views on main developments in EU trade in services policy

Interplay between the trade anti-dumping and anti-subsidies regulations and the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (FSR) to ensure that the two regimes combined deliver their maximal effect, complementing each other, while remaining accessible.

Interplay between the trade anti-dumping and anti-subsidies regulations and the EU Regulation on Foreign Subsidies (FSR) to ensure that the two regimes combined deliver their maximal effect, complementing each other, while remaining accessible.

Exchange of views on EU trade in services policy and on ESF’s
 25th Anniversary event

Informal Meeting between the European Services Forum (ESF) and the Council of the European Union’s Trade Policy Committee on Services and Investment (TPC-SI)

Importance of trade in services for the EU. Introduce the work of ESF.

Importance of trade in services for the EU. Introduce the work of ESF.

CSD Contact Group meeting-Overview of Trade priorities and rolling calendar