[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-european-aid-for-trade":3,"homepage":78,"related-1160":313},{"page":4},{"id":5,"title":6,"article_date":7,"show_news":8,"show_industry":9,"tags":10,"body":11,"themes":71,"types":76,"downloads":77},1160,"European Aid for Trade","2017-03-15T23:00:00",true,false,null,{"type":12,"content":13},"doc",[14,20,24,31,35,39,44,48,52],{"type":15,"content":16},"paragraph",[17],{"text":18,"type":19},"Aid for Trade is assistance provided to support partner countries' efforts to develop economic capacities and expand their trade as leverage for growth and poverty reduction. Globally, the EU and its Member States are the biggest provider of Aid for Trade. In 2015 alone, EU commitments amounted to a record €13 billion per year.","text",{"type":15,"content":21},[22],{"text":23,"type":19},"Between 2006 and 2015, most of European Aid for Trade commitments were concentrated in the categories trade-related infrastructure and building productive capacity. By 2015, these two categories represented 97% of the total, with respectively €6.6 billion (50% of the grant total) and €6.2 billion (47% of the total). Whereas the EU has been focusing on agriculture, transport and storage and trade policy, EU Member States were mainly involved in energy but also in banking and financial services and agriculture.",{"type":25,"attrs":26,"content":28},"heading",{"level":27},4,[29],{"text":30,"type":19},"Revised EU Aid for Trade Strategy 2017",{"type":15,"content":32},[33],{"text":34,"type":19},"In November 2017, the European Commission set out a renewed vision on how to help developing countries create more and better jobs through trade and investment. 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