It is time for the Chinese to make good on their word.

The U.S. has dropped its role as the vanguard of free trade, they are looking for a new partner: the EU.

We have worked to make our trade negotiations more transparent and to negotiate value-based agreements. We have listened to concerns, for example by carrying out a reform of the investment protection system and setting out to create a multilateral investment court. Our world is rapidly changing and this creates a multitude of concerns.

When it comes to disputes before the World Trade Organization, we generally win.

Even though we still don't know any precise details, we're already making it clear that some proposals like a border tax or buy-American regulations are heading in a protectionist direction. The Americans' sudden proposal to classify certain steel products as national security-related is also something that we find highly problematic.

Europe is good at many things, which is why we are the largest exporter in the world. Thirty million people in Europe are employed in making our exports of goods and services. Just under 900 thousand of them are in Sweden.

Germany and other countries have protested to the U.S. We have to make it clear again and again that millions of jobs in the U.S. depend on trade with the EU.

There is an alarming increase of violence and harassment against gay people, something that is being legitimized by the regime as they brand homosexuality as something abnormal and dangerous to children.

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Russia with regards to human rights. There are several examples of this situation, such as the new law requiring NGOs to register as foreign agents, the law banning homosexual propaganda, problems with the rule of law and arbitrary judicial processes, and court rulings against the opposition.