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  "es",
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  "es": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/es/european-commission-dg-trade-trade",
  "fr": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/fr/european-commission-dg-trade-trade",
  "de": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/de/european-commission-dg-trade-trade",
  "it": "https://arquestra.dev/buyers/it/european-commission-dg-trade-trade"
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 "radar": "https://arquestra.dev/assets/consulting?q=European%20Commission%2C%20DG%20TRADE%20-%20Trade&kinds=strategy,transformation,platform,build_run&src=buyer-card",
 "method": "Arquestra Consulting Market Radar, built 2026-10-30 from TED (eForms) and national registers (France DECP/BOAMP, Spain PLACSP, Germany, Netherlands): public consulting awards from EUR 15,000 up of the last 24 months, classified by kind of work; work outside consulting left out. Spellings of the buyer's name are merged within one country. Spending: the published value of each award other than a framework, values of EUR 150 M or more left out; frameworks are counted apart (their value is a ceiling). An award with several winners counts once for each firm.",
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  "name": "CC BY-NC 4.0",
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 "author": "Pablo Ramos-Sánchez",
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  "text": "Source: Arquestra Consulting Market Radar (arquestra.dev), European Commission, DG TRADE - Trade, data of 2026-10-30",
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