Explainers

The EU-AU partnership advance a peaceful, prosperous future grounded in rules-based international cooperation.

The EU is taking action to end Russian energy imports and reduce its energy dependency, while maintaining stable energy supplies and prices across Europe.

Georgia applied for EU membership in March 2022 and was granted candidate status in December 2023. The accession process came to a de facto halt in 2024. The EU and Georgia also cooperate in the context of the Eastern Partnership.

Discover more about the strategic partnership between the EU and South Africa.

The EU is Chile’s third top trading partner. The top EU imports from Chile are base metals, vegetable products, mineral products.

The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean have a long-standing partnership, marked by strong historical, cultural and economic ties.

The European Union and ASEAN together account for over one fifth of global GDP and have a population of 1.1 billion (over 14% of the world’s total).

The European Union is the world’s largest trade bloc in terms of goods and services combined, accounting in 2024 for an estimated 15.8% of world trade.

The EU and Indonesia are working on two agreements in parallel to further deepen their trade and investment relations.

EU relations with Azerbaijan are based on the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, in force since 1999. The EU is the main investor in Azerbaijan and its largest trade partner.