Staffing Shortages Force EU Executive to Delay Four Trade Probes, Sources Say

The European Commission’s trade defense directorate has reached its capacity for launching new cases in the coming weeks, forcing the EU executive to postpone four trade defense investigations that were ready to launch in mid-July, according to four people familiar with the matter

Published on Jul 22, 2026

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