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Leaders discuss eurozone crisis, foreign affairs at summit in Washington, DC. Obama says US 'ready' to help eurozone tackle crisis The United States and the...

Van Rompuy and Barroso will meet Obama; integration and situation in north Africa on agenda. The eurozone sovereign-debt crisis and efforts to contain it will top the agenda...

Even the US public is paying attention to the eurozone crisis. But will the US's and EU's shared problems prompt joint initiatives? Washington, DC hosts the US-EU summit on...

EU, US leaders warn against a currency war and flag up plans to increase co-operation on cyber-security. The leaders of the United States and the European Union yesterday...

Obama to hold talks with Barroso and Van Rompuy at first EU summit with US since Lisbon treaty took effect. Barack Obama, the president of the United States, is to meet EU...

Domestic problems on either side of the Atlantic means that decisions on big issues have ground to a halt. It is regrettable that today's “exchange of views” between...

The US ambassador to the EU has close ties to Obama and a background in telecommunications. US President Barack Obama may have come to power talking of overcoming domestic...

James Lovegrove was attracted to his job by the combination of innovation and politics. James Lovegrove's job  is to represent American business interests in Brussels....

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

Enterprise commissioner tells European Business Summit that the public procurement sector is a particular problem Günter Verheugen, the European commissioner for...

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...

Trade commissioner on four-day visit to the US; bilateral disputes escalate at WTO. Catherine Ashton, the European commissioner for trade, is to lead a four-day mission to...

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...

European Parliament to consider fast-tracking the process of approving the new UK commissioner. Catherine Ashton, who was nominated last Friday (3 October) as the new...

European Commission's president tells the next US president that a common approach is needed to climate change, trade and security. The president of the European...

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...

Industry commissioner applies brakes because of suggested health and safety regulations. Günter Verheugen, the European commissioner for industry, is blocking a...

Europe might start to punch closer to its weight on global issues, but cannot counterbalance the US. While scarcely the news event of the year, George W. Bush's last EU-US...

US president suggests climate-change deal could be achieved this year. US President George Bush has said he is hopeful that a global deal on combating climate change can...