Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2112(INI)
Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade
Own-initiative report (INI): Parliament’s own position on a topic. It is not binding. · First reading
Parliament sets out its own position on a topic. The resolution is not binding but signals what Parliament wants.
Where it stands
Parliament’s position
Parliament adopted the text on 20 May 2026. This is its final position on the matter.
- Referred to committee(done) 19 June 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 16 April 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 27 April 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 20 May 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
20 May 2026 · decision 12
Digital, AI & data, Resolution
Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade
Adopted 527 for · 62 against · 59 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The resolution sets out Parliament's position on a comprehensive EU strategy for artificial intelligence in trade, covering both AI deployment for competitiveness and trade in AI inputs.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: footnote markers are removed and punctuation adjusted.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The report adds new recitals and paragraphs on open-source AI, WTO cooperation, and AI's role in customs and security. It strengthens calls for SME access to AI, open-source solutions, and investment in AI infrastructure. It adds provisions on promoting the EU's AI model internationally, including a WTO working group and global minimum standards. It expands on strategic autonomy, including concerns about China's rare earth exports and calls for revising the Dual-Use Regulation.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- International Trade
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Brando Benifei (S&D)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Miriam Lexmann (EPP), Christophe Bay (Patriots), Rihards Kols (ECR), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Lynn Boylan (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 20 May 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on AI and EU trade calls for integrating AI into trade facilitation, customs, and market surveillance, and for promoting open-source AI to reduce dependencies.
Tabled for plenary· 27 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament's resolution on an EU AI trade strategy calls for integrating AI into trade policy to boost competitiveness, enforce rules, and secure strategic autonomy.
Committee draft· 3 Feb 2026
AI summary:This draft report on an EU AI strategy for trade calls for integrating AI into trade policy to boost competitiveness, enforce rules, and secure critical inputs while projecting EU values globally.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 3 steps
20 May 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 20 May 2026 Report A10-0122/2026Adopted text TA10-0183/2026
19 May 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
27 April 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
16 April 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
INTA (International Trade) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
26 February 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of INTA (International Trade) proposed changes to the draft.
3 February 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in INTA (International Trade). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 June 2025
Referred to the INTA (International Trade) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2112(INI)