The European Union has concluded trade agreements with more than 80 countries, more than any other entity in the world.

Omissions

• The official European Commission figure is '80 partners', not 'more than 80', and it counts 'partners' (which include regional groupings such as CARIFORUM, Central America or the Andean Community) rather than individual countries.
• The superlative claim ('more than anyone else in the world') could not be independently corroborated with the retrieved sources; no comparative ranking of trade-agreement networks was found.
• The exact publication/reference dates of the Commission and Council webpages are not fixed, as they are continuously updated policy pages, so the precise vintage of the '80 partners' figure cannot be pinned to a single date.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – DG Trade: Implementing and enforcing EU trade agreementsThe EU's network of 45 preferential trade agreements with 80 partners worldwide provides opportunities for EU companies in foreign markets.
• PrimaryCouncil of the EU (Consilium) – EU trade agreementsThe EU has concluded over 40 agreements with around 80 partners. It is in the process of adopting or ratifying agreements with a number of other partners.