The first Türkiye-EU High Level Trade Dialogue meeting was held in Brussels on 8 July 2024 with the participation of the Minister of Trade Prof. Ömer Bolat and the European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovkis. During the meeting, the development of Türkiye-EU trade and the removal of trade barriers were discussed. The meeting was preceded by a business roundtable with the participation of representative organisations of the business world from Türkiye and the EU. Brussels Representative Haluk Nuray attended the meeting on behalf of IKV. In the meeting, IKV emphasised the importance of the Türkiye-EU Customs Union and the significance of the initiation of the updating process in terms of compliance with the green and digital transformations that change the structure of the EU internal market.