In recent months, questions of trade defence have become more and more prominent on the political agenda of Europe. How to deal with China’s claim to be a market economy? How to react to measures of US President Trump on steel and aluminium? How to make the EU’s trade defence instruments more efficient so as to react quickly while respecting due process rights of all interested parties? How to take into account the WTO dimension in EU cases? In order to provide a first-hand analysis and an in-depth discussion with specialists in the field, the VUB has decided to organize a first public conference on the matter: The TDI YEARLY 2018.