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Transatlantic differences will linger; the EU and the US should therefore raise the importance of their Transatlantic Economic Council. When President Barack Obama meets...

More ambition is required to remove barriers to EU-US trade and promote growth. With the world economy sputtering and global trade talks stalled, President Barack Obama and...

The next meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) has been pencilled in for December in Washington, DC. The TEC, a high-level discussion forum headed, on the...

The past four years have seen a rapprochement between the EU and the US and considerable co-operation across the globe. The next US president will have to address many...

Silverberg seeks ‘tangible results', tasked to advance initiatives on defence. The US' new ambassador to the EU has declared her intention to use the remaining months of...

Fight against terrorism on the agenda; officials expect no major decisions at summit. US President George W. Bush will attend his last summit with EU leaders on 10 June in...

The European Commission is now set for a battle with EU member states. The European Commission has officially called for the easing of hygiene restrictions that have...

All but six member states oppose European Commission plan to lift decade-old ban. An overwhelming majority of EU member states have said they will not support a European...

Consumer groups back ban, and want higher safety standards on both sides of the Atlantic. You report ‘Commission split over bid to lift ban on US poultry' (19-26 March)....

The European Commission is split over an attempt by Günter Verheugen, the European commissioner for industry, to win special treatment for American poultry imports in...

ALLOWING the US to export 30,000 tonnes of poultry meat to the EU, 0.3% of its total consumption, may not seem much of a breakthrough in a transatlantic trade relationship...

High-level delegates attending the first meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) in Washington next week (9 November) will be laying the groundwork for a freer...

The leaders of the EU and the United States agreed in April to deepen their economic integration and set up institutions to support their new economic partnership. Next...

For the last century, Europe has been the undisputed focus of US foreign policy. Millions of US troops were deployed to Europe during the First and Second World Wars and...

The upcoming EU-US summit is to launch a “new transatlantic economic partnership”, according to proposals put forward by the German presidency of the EU. Berlin hopes...

The European Commission yesterday (21 February) launched a debate on how to fill the gaps in the EU's single market to help both consumers and businesses reap the full...

Charlie McCreevy, the European commissioner for the internal market aims to lend his weight to the German government's initiative on closer transatlantic economic...

Germany has made a significant start to its presidency of the EU: in emphasising the economic relationship with the US, it has chosen a strategic issue rather than a tactical...

The hope of somehow broadening and deepening the transatlantic market is an idea that simply won't die. After a decade of ridicule by economists and rejection by both Paris...

Two MEPs offer different points of view on Europe's relationship with the US In the past few years, there has been a preoccupation with projecting consensus between the EU...