Today the United States and the European Union (EU) mark the 25th anniversary of the first U.S. Open Skies agreement, with the Netherlands and the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-European Union Open Skies Agreement.
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By USEU Mission | 10 July, 2017 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Europe & Eurasia, Events, News, Press Releases, U.S. & EU
| Tags: aviation, Open Skies, Transatlantic Relations, US-EU
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström held a cordial first meeting while attending the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting in Paris. They underscored their shared interest for strengthening the U.S.-EU trade and economic relationship and addressing mutual global trade concerns.
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By USEU Mission | 7 June, 2017 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, News, Press Releases, Trade
| Tags: OECD, Robert Lighthizer
https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2017/05/270585.htm Press Statement by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, Washington, DC, May 2, 2017 On behalf of the United States of America, congratulations to the people of Poland on the 226th anniversary of your historic constitution. The United States and Poland are close friends, and our partnership continues to strengthen. We share democratic values, strong cultural and ...
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By USEU Mission | 2 May, 2017 | Topics:
Defense, Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Government Leaders, History, News, Press Releases, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Polish Constitution Day, Rex Tillerson
https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm544357.htm The United States and the European Union (EU) completed an exchange of letters to amend the Pharmaceutical Annex to the 1998 U.S.-EU Mutual Recognition Agreement. Under this agreement, U.S. and EU regulators will be able to utilize each other’s good manufacturing practice inspections of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities. The amended agreement represents the culmination of nearly ...
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By USEU Mission | 3 March, 2017 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Health Issues, News, Press Releases, Trade, U.S. & EU, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: drugs, FDA, Mutual Recognition Agreement, pharmaceuticals, Trade
Thank you for inviting me here today. I feel a special connection with this city. My grandparents, mother and uncle set sail from Lisbon in April 1941 aboard the Serpa Pinto, a small Portuguese ship, bound for New York. They were fleeing Italian Fascism and the 1938 Racial Laws in order to seek refuge in ...
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By USEU Mission | 18 November, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: SMEs
European Policy Center, September 26, 2016 Speech delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the EU Anthony L. Gardner “The State of Transatlantic Relations” When I told my son, then aged 13, that I had been appointed US Ambassador to the European Union, he looked at me, his eyes wide with disbelief and said “You?” I thought ...
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By USEU Mission | 26 September, 2016 | Topics:
Defense, Economic Affairs, Environment, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Speeches, Trade, TTIP
| Tags: Brexit, Climate Change, data privacy, Digital single market, EPC, European Policy Center, Gardner, Investment, law enforcement, Russia, sanctions, Trade, transatlantic relationship, TTIP
Thank you for the kind introduction. As many of you know, Ambassador Burns and I were close colleagues at the State Department. Bill is an American treasure, one of the great diplomats of our day, and a good friend. It is a pleasure to be here with him and all of you today. And thank ...
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By USEU Mission | 30 March, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Affairs, Economic Issues, Human Rights, Trade
| Tags: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jack Lew, Russia, sanctions, Speech, Trade
It is always a pleasure to be at Amcham. Thank you to the superb team at AmChamEU and each of the Member State AmChams for all the excellent work you do to promote the interests of American companies in Europe. It is a relief to be here and not have to talk about the U.S. ...
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By USEU Mission | 17 March, 2016 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Cyber Issues, Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Ambassador Gardner, AmCham, AmCham Transatlantic conference, Brexit, data privacy, sanctions, TTIP
First of all, let me express my thanks to Ignacio and his European Commission colleagues for graciously hosting us during the 12th round of T-TIP negotiations here in Brussels. We really appreciate all they did to facilitate the progress we achieved this week. When Ambassador Froman and EU Trade Commissioner Malmstrom met in Washington last ...
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By USEU Mission | 26 February, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Economic Affairs, Speeches, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: customs and trade facillitation, Froman, Malmstrom, Press conference, promote greater compatability, tariffs, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, transatlantic partnership, TTIP
The President: Well, I want to congratulate the members of Congress who are standing behind me here today. The bill I’m about to sign is entitled the Judicial Redress Act bill. And what it does in the simplest terms is makes sure that everybody’s data is protected in the strongest possible way with our privacy ...
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By USEU Mission | 24 February, 2016 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Cyber Issues, Economic Affairs, Events, Former U.S. Government Leaders, Speeches, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Barack Obama, data privacy, Judicial Redress Act, Privacy Council, privacy laws, Privacy Shield, protecting data, Trade
2015 was an eventful year, which proved that the US-EU bond is holding firm despite the many challenges facing the US-EU partnership – both within Europe and beyond. This year, I have been struck by the continued relevance, perhaps as never before, of our common transatlantic values. I feel very confident that the EU is ...
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By USEU Mission | 24 December, 2015 | Topics:
Cyber Issues, Defense, Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Speeches, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: 2015, accomplishments, Anthony Gardner, Climate agreement, New Year, refugees, Safe harbor, Statement, TTIP
Handelsblatt (Dec 23) – In an interview with Handelsblatt, Anthony Gardner, the United States ambassador to the E.U., said Europe needs German leadership. He said he was surprised by the aversion many Europeans have to the planned TTIP free trade deal, and frustrated by the public narrative in Europe that Americans don’t care about data ...
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By USEU Mission | 23 December, 2015 | Topics:
Cyber Issues, Defense, Economic Affairs, Family Immigration, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Human Rights, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Anthony Gardner, data privacy, defense, Handelsblatt, interview, refugees, Safe harbor
Pastora, thank you for that introduction. And thanks to the superb team at AmCham EU, for all the excellent work you do to promote the interests of U.S. companies, and to help shape public policies that will allow companies to invest, innovate, and grow while meeting the needs of consumers and enterprise clients within the ...
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By USEU Mission | 2 December, 2015 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Events, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Scholarships and Exchanges, Speeches, Study in the U.S., U.S. & EU
| Tags: Ambassador Gardner, Anthony Gardner, digital economy, Digital single market, economy, Fulbright Shuman, Safe harbor, US-EU Exchange Program, VP Ansip
Thank you, David and Dani, for that introduction. It is good to be back in Brussels, where I started my career. I have believed in the European project as a force for good since I started studying the EU as a graduate student at Oxford and then Columbia Law School. I landed here in 1990 ...
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By USEU Mission | 19 June, 2014 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassadors, Trade, TTIP, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Anthony Gardner, European Small Business Alliance, Trade, TTIP
President Obama was in Brussels on March 26, 2014, for the U.S.-EU Summit, a
press conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel Barroso, and a
speech on transatlantic relations . The
joint U.S.-EU summit statement reaffirmed the “strong partnership” between the European Union and the United States, and addressed a number of issues, most notably the crisis in ...
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By USEU Mission | 26 March, 2014 | Topics:
Cyber Issues, Defense, Economic Affairs, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Press Releases, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Barack Obama, Bozar, Flanders Field Cemetary, Gardner, Herman Van Rompuy, Ukraine, US-E.U. Summit
Introduction At the London EU-U.S. Summit of 18 May 1998, Summit leaders adopted a joint statement on the Transatlantic Economic Partnership (TEP) identifying a series of elements for an initiative to intensify and extend multilateral and bilateral cooperation and common actions in the field of trade and investment. As called for in that statement, the ...
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By USEU Mission | 9 November, 1998 | Topics:
Economic Affairs, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: plan of action, TEP, Trade, Transatlantic Economic partnership
I. Promoting Peace and Stability, Democracy and Development Around the World II. Responding to Global Challenges III. Conbtributing to the Expansion of World Trade and Closer Economic Relations IV. Builiding Bridges Across the Atlantic V. Parliamentary Links VI. Implementing Agenda We, the United States of America and the European Union, affirm our conviction that the ...
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By USEU Mission | 5 December, 1995 | Topics:
Business, Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, Key Documents, Success Stories, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: NATO, new transatlantic agenda
The United States of America on one side and, on the other, the European Community and its member States, Mindful of their common heritage and of their close historical, political, economic and cultural ties, Guided by their faith in the values of human dignity, intellectual freedom and civil liberties, and in the democratic institutions which ...
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By USEU Mission | 1 December, 1990 | Topics:
Commercial Affairs, Defense, Economic Affairs, Europe & Eurasia, Key Documents, Trade, U.S. & EU
| Tags: Common Heritage, Declaration, European Community, U.S.-EC relations
